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THE CLEVELAND PROGRESS. r- liy JOE 11. REESE. DEVOTED TO THE MIXING, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OR CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH-EAST GEORGIA. TERMS: $1.00 Per Year VOL. V. CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY , JUNE 5, 1896. NO. 23. THE 54TH CONGRESS. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. OONDF.NSKD SCHEDULE OF PASSENGER TRAINS, Northbound. October 0, 1895. Lv. Atlanta C. T. “ Atlanta E. T. " Horoross 11 Buford " Gainesville... " Lula “ Cornelia 44 Mt. Airy. M Toccoa 44 Westminster. " Renoca. .. 14 Central 44 Greenville.... 41 Hpartnnburg. 44 Gutf'neys 44 Blacksburg... 44 King’s Mt...... 44 Gastonia Ar. Charlotte Ar. Danville 1200m 1 OOp Ar. Richmond.. Ar. Washington. 44 Bal'm’eP H R 44 Philadelphia 44 New York Southbound. Lv N. Y. P R R ... 44 Philadelphia 44 Baltimore 44 Washington. Richmond... 44 Danville..., 44 Chnrlotto... 44 Gastonia *' King’s Mt.., 44 Blacksburg 44 Gftflueys.... 44 Spartanburg. 44 Greenville 44 Central 41 Seneca 44 Westminster 44 Toccoa 44 Mt. Airy 44 Cornelia 44 Lula 44 Gainesville. 44 Buford 44 Norcross Ar Atlanta E. T. Lv AtlnntaC. T fst ml No. 80 Daily 11 15p 12 15a 12 56a 4 45p 5 ;iOj G 18p 0 42a 8 Oon 10 15a 12 5;iu No.:g Daily 4 :iop 6 5f)j' 9 2Up 10 43p 11 87a 12 '28p 1 15J No. 12 Daily 7 50a 8 50a 9 88a 10 16a 10 44 a 11 04 u 11 26a 11 30a 11 53a 12 27p 12 4'2p 1 20 p 2 lGp 3 22p 4 lOp 4 30p 5 00i» 5 28p G 20p 11 25p 9 40p 11 25 p 3 00a G 20a 12 10a 12 23a 12 59a 1 50a 2 35a 3 OUa » 50a > 00a No. 11 Daily 2 00a G 00a 12 20p 1 06 p 1 32p 2 OOp 2 lKp 3 05p 4 40p 5 40 p 6 05p G 22 p G 58p 7 40p 7 45p 8 12p 8 3Gp 9 071 « 42p 10 30p 6 20a 9 30p No. ns Daily 4 35p 6 85p 6 28p 7 08p 7 43p 8 08p 8 32p 8 35p 9 OOp 7 35p M 28p 8 44p 9 lOp 9 54 p 10 43p ioViop G 00a G 30u G 33a G 57a 7 20a 7 48a 8 13a 9 30a 8 30a 4 OOp 5 00p ROUTINE OF HOUSE ANI) SKNA1 K BRIEFLY CHRONICLED. Summary of Hills nn<I Resolution* l’rosontotl an<l Acted Upon. 6 32p 11 CXI. 1 12p A 15P 4 ;, ! jp *'A"a.m. ’T" p.m. "M" noon. “N" night. Nos. 37 and 38—Washington and Southwestern Vestlbuled Limited, Through Pullman Sleeper, betwuen Now York and New Orleans, via Wash ington, Atlanta and Montgomery, and also he- tween New York and Memphis, via Washington, Atiunlu and Birmingham. Dining Cars. Hoe. 35 and 86 United Stales Fast Mall. Pullman Bleeping Cars betweelTAtlanta, New Orleans and New York. m Nos. 31 and 82, Exposition Flyer, Through Pull man Bleepers between New York and Atlanta via Washington. On Tuesdays and Thursdays coil-, neotlon will bo made from Richmond with No. 81, and on these date* I'uDihm Bleeping Car .will be operated between Richmond and Atlanta. On Wednesdays and Saturdays connection from At lanta to Richmond with through sleeping car Will be to leave Atlanta by train No. 82, Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Sleeping Car between Richmond, Danville and Greensboro. W. A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK, Qen’l Pass. Ag’t, Aai’t Gen’l Pass. Ag’t, Washington, D. a Atlanta, Ga. W. B. RYDER, Superintendent, Chaelotti, , Nohtii Cabouna. *. H. GREEN, Gen’l Sept., Washington, D. C. J. M. CULP, Trafllo M’g’r, Washington, D. KXPOSITION ABANDONED. Assurances from Many Southern Stutoa Not Forthcoming;. Tho Southern StatcH Cotton exposi tion in Chicago tiiis year will not lie hold, notwithstanding statements to tho contrary. “Tho understanding from tho start," said Mr. 11. N. Higginbotham, “was that Chicago should furnish free space and havo full jurisdiction financially. The responsibility for bringing the exhibits here nnd installing them was to rest entirely upon the states represented. Tho southern delega tion organized an advisory commit tee, with I’atrick Walsh, of Augusta, Ga., rh chairman. We organized a committee to secure subscriptions, re questing the advisory bonrd to inform us on or before May 1 as to what spaco would bo required. On that dato wo had not received any replies of a na ture to warrant the belief that any states would bo represented. “Wo wrote again stating that posi tive assurance would have to be given bv May 25 as to tho space required. We got answers from Georgia, South Carolina. Alabama and Maryland, prom ising to take from 5,000 to 10,000 square feet each. Communications were re ceived from Tennessee,North Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana regretting their inability to proceed, while no re plies whatever came from Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Arkansas, Ken tucky and Texas. The following announcement of the postponement of tho Southern States exposition is made: “The advisory board of the South ern States Exposition company met in Augusta Friday morning aud declared the proposed exposition off for tho reason that a sufficient number of states had not responded in accord ance with the agreement entered into in Chicago in February last. This is to be regretted, because of the liberal offer made by Chicago and the great opportunity which the exposition would present to advertise the south. The advisory board feels that the pro visional committee of Chicago has complied with agreement, and ex presses the earnest hope that a south ern exposition will be held in that city in the not distant future. “Respectfully, “Patrick Walsh, Chairman,” •mu nousn. In tho houso Wednesday a feeble of- fort or two to obtain unanimous con sent for the consideration of private ■bills withered and died under Mr. Kern’s objection, and Mr. Laooy, of Iown, colled up the conference report on the bill to relievo settlers on tho Northern Pociflo railroad indemnity lands and it was agreed to. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, Cnllod up the genera! deficiency appropriation bill nnd addressed tho houso in oppo sition to tho motion made Tuesday by Mr. Mahon, of Pennsylvania, to oon- cur in tho senate amendment appro priating money to pay Frencli spolia tion and war claims. After a stirring appeal by Mr. Can non to “turn down” this irregular method of legislation, the vote was taken on Mr. Mahon’s mutiou to con cur in tho senate amendment, result ing: Yeas, 111; nays, 07. Tho an nouncement wus received with ap plause. Mr. Cannon then called tho supple mental conference report upon the sundry civil bill. Without completing tho consideration of tho report, at5:30 o'clock, tho 'houso adjourned, Mr. Kom, of Nebraska, having made the point of no quorum. Almost tho sole topic of conversation among the members of tho house Tues day was the St. Louis tornado. Mem bers stood about in groups and dis cussed tho horriblo disaster before the houso met. The chaplain in his invo cation referred feelingly to the sorrow aud suffering in tho griofstriokou dis trict. As soon ns the journal had been read Mr. Burtboldt asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a res olution directing the secretary of war to plnco at tho disposal of tho mayors of St. Louis und East St. Louis a suf ficient number of tents to afford tom- t porary relief to the homeless in that section nnd to deviso such other relief as Alight be proper, otc. V Mr- liarth^liiit,..e3qil4jtuodiX|ilUAt-<>lAft4'-pi and IiIh colleagues had cnlloaon tho secretary of war Thursday morning and had been informed that if con gress would give tho authority eight or ton boats used near St. Louis in the Mississippi improvements could be sent to the Mound City to render as sistance and relief. Tho resolution was unanimously adopted. Tho contested election enso of John- ston, republican, against Stokes, dem ocrat, from tho seventh district of South Carolina, which had been under debate in tho house three days, reach ed a vote Friday afternoon, but was not finally disposed of, owing to tho dilatory tuctioH of the advocatos of the contestant’s claim to tho seat, his right to it being approved by a minority of tho committeo on elections No. 3, which considered tho case, By a vote of 105 to 05, the houso refused to sub stitute tho resolutions roportod by tho minority, declaring Johnston elected nnd entitled to tho seat, and Stokes not elected aud not entitled to the seat, for those of tho majority to the direct coulrary effect. In order to postpone further action until there was a large attendance, tho friends of John ston resorted to filibustering tactics, and so exhausted tho session. Tho presentation of the conference report on tho naval appropriation bill by Mr. Boutelie put an end to tho fil ibustering, but it effected tho sumo re sult—shelved tho election case until somo futuro day. Tho conference report was agreed to and a farther conference ordered on tho items still in dispute. President Cleveland's veto of the river nnd harbor bill wns read nnd re ferred to the committee on rivers and harbors. Mr. Hermann, republican, of Oregon, stated that he hoped the committee would make a report thereon not later than Tuesday. By that time it is hoped to havo in attendance ft sufficient number of friends of the measure to pass it over the veto. At 5:10 o’clock, under the rules,the house took n recess until 8 o’clock, the eve ning session boing for the considera tion of private pension bills. Mr. Harris (Dom., Term.) said ho fully sympathized with this view, al though the resolution boing here, it should lio acted on, aud made joint in stead of concurrent. Mr.Cullom (republican, Illinois) said ho felt from the last, report, that there was no necessity of the passage of tho relief resolution and that, tho respect ive pooplo would bo able to take care of their wounded. Yot, as tho house had noted, Mr. Cullom urged that tho senate should oot on it. The resolu tion was amended to bo joint iartend of concurrent, thus requiring present ation to tho president, aud wns thou adopted, Tho fi'oo alcohol repeal bill was ro- coivod from the houso aud referred to tho finance committee, after which the conference report, on tho Indian ap propriation bill was tin’ll taken up. It lnot determined resistance on ac count of an amendment contained in it, and which had no basis in the bill as passed, providing for extend ing the rights aud duties of citizen ship to the Indians of tho five civ ilized tribes. The matter went over THE SENATE. The amendment to tho filled cheese bill for an additional tax of 75 cents a barrel on beer was defeated in tho sen ate Wednesday by a vote of 27 to 43. When the house resolution, in regard to offering relief to the St. Louis storm sufferers, wns received in tho senate. Mr. Palmer asked immediate consider ation. Mr. Vest interposed the sug gestion that while it might seem un gracious for him to interposo objec tion, yet in view of tho late leporls showing the usual exaggeration attend ing tho first hours of calamity, ho did not consider this action necessary. The people of St. Louis, he said, could take caro of themselves, nnd al though the resolution could do no harm, he deprecated the tendency to rush impulsively to Federal sources for relief. HARBOR BILE VETO. THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT AP PROVE TIIE MEASURE without action at 2 o'clock, when the consideration of tho bill to prohibit tho issuance of bonds without tho consent of congress was taken up, and Mr. Daniel con tinued tho speech begun- by him Wednesday iu advocacy of it. Mr. Daniel’s speech was chiefly a review ol' tho financial question and an attempt to prove that the long-prevailing bus iness depression was tho result of tho monetary conditions iu the United States. Mr. Peffer advocated tho bill ns something thnt was uccoHsnry to tie the handH of tho president, who, lie said, was guilty of usurpation of authority as to make him amenable to imponeh- men.t. Ho declared if thnt, usurpation were not stoppod, und if tho gold pol icy wero persisted in, tho president would bo driven to repudiation. Tho object of tho bill was to prevent that by taking tho power of issuing bonds from tlio president. At tho closo of Mr. Peffor’s speech tho bond bill went over without action. Tho senate, at Friday’s session, passed without amendment two meas ures of legislation that had their ori gin in tho houso, and that -tiulw need tho signature of tho presSBeut ttri becomo law. The first was tho bill to repeal that section of'.the existiug' : tariff law which’ -prflk’idtiS'f»r'w« 'rebaTO»of tboWx pall alcohol used iu the arts and in medical preparations. Tho second bill passed by tho souato also had roforonco to tho tax on spirits; bat its provis ions simply wero to inchldo pears, pineapples, oranges, apricots, berries and prunes iu tho list of fruits from which brandy may bo distilled under existing regulations. Tho present law embraces ouly pine apples, ponchos and grapes. The conference report on tho Indian appropriation bill was discussed for over two hours, but no result wns reached, and the matter went over till Monday. Tho prohibitory bond bill was then tnkoh up as tho unfinished business, and its author, Mr. Butler,' of North Carolina, iuc.de un argument iu support- of it. An agreement was had that a final vote should bo taken upon it before tho adjournment on Tuesday. Mr. Butler had not con cluded his speech when, at 0 o’clock, tho senate proceeded to executive bus iness, aud shortly after adjourned till Monday. Tho senate Monday rejected the nomination of William T. Fowlo to bo collector of internal revenue for the sixth district of Virginia, vice Fitz- hugh Lee, sent as consul general to Havana. A supplemental conference report on the sundry civil appropria tion bill, showing an agreement upon all items save tho appropriations for certain public buildings, was made by Mr. Gannon, republican, of Illinois, and agreed to. KENTUCKY’S DELEGATES. Will Carry tlio State for Free Silver. Black burn Corn mended. Kentucky declared for free silver in her county conventions Saturday. Tho following series of resolutions wero adopted in all tho counties: “Resolved, 1. That wo favor the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold as tho standard money of this country at the rntio of Hi to 1, thi»samo to bo legal tender in the pay ment of all debts, public and private, great and small, this to be done by the independent action of tho United States govornmeut. “2. We disapprove of the financial policy of President Cleveland and Sec retary of tho Treasury Carlisle, because wo believe tho sumo to be hurtful to tho best interests of tho American peo ple. “3. Wo approve tho action of Sena tor Joe Blackburn and commend him as the nominee of tho democratic party in Kentucky for ro-eloctiou to the Unitod States senate.” Judge Snodgrass Fined. In the circuit court at Gliattanoogo Chief Justice Snodgrass, of tho stato supreme court, submitted the case of pistol carrying, nnd on confession was fined $50 by tho judge aud was dis missed. Prince Albert, of Prussia, is tlio tallest man in tho German army. And Sends a Message to Congress Giving Reasons Therefor. President Olovelancl bus vetoed the rivors aud harbors bill. He returned the moasuro to oongress Friday with tho following messngo; To tho Houao of Representatives—T return herewith without npproval your bill number 7977 entitlod “An act making appropriation for tho Con struction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors aud for other purposes.” There aro -117 items of appropria tion Contained iu this Dill and every part of tho country is represented in tho distribution of its favors. It directly appropriates or provides for the immediate expenditure of near ly $14,000,000 for river and harbor work. This sum is in addition to ap propriations contained in another lull for similar purposes, amounting to a little more than $3,000,000, which have already boon favorably consider ed lit tho present session of congress. Tho result is thnt tlio contemplated immediato expenditures for the ob jects mentioned amounts to about $17,000,000. A more startling feature of this bill is, its authorization of con tractu for river and harbor work amounting to moro than $62,000,000. Through tlio pnymonts of these con tracts aro in most cases so distributed thnt they aro to be met by future appro printions,more than $3,000,000 on their account aro included iu tho direct ap propriations nbovo mentioned. Of the remainder nearly $20,000,000 will fall duo during tlio fiscal year ending June 30, 1808, and amounts somewhat less in tho years immediately succeeding, A few contracts of a liko character, authorized under previous statutes,aro still outstanding; and to meet pay ments on theso more than $4,000,000 i must be appropriated in tho immediate futuro. If, thoroforo, this bill becomes a Jaw, the obligations which will bo im posed on flits government, together with the appropriations made for im mediate expenditure *olT "aolBfirfF" of rivers and harbors, will amout to about $80,000,000. Nor is this all. Tho bill directs numerous surveys and ex aminations which contemplate new work aud further oontraots and which portend largely iucrousod oxponditures and obligations. In view of tlio obligation imposed upon mo by the constitution, it seems to mo quite clear that I ouly discharge a duty to our people when I interposo my disapproval of tho legislation pro posed. Many of tho objects for which it ap propriates public mouoy arc not ro tated to tho public welfare, nnd many of them aro palpably for the benefit of limited localities or iu aid of individual interests. I learn from offloiul sources thnt there arc appropriations contained in tho bill to pay for work which privato parties havo actually agreed with the government to do, in consideration of thoir occupancy of public property. Whatever items of doubtful pro priety may havo escaped observation or may havo boen tolerated in previous executive approvals of similar bills, f am convinced that tho bill now under consideration opens the way to insid- uous and increasing abuses, aud is in itself so extravagant as to bo especially unsuitable to those times of doprossod business and resulting disappoint ment in government rovonuo. This consideration is emphasized by the prospect that tlio public treasury will bo confronted with other appropria tions niado at tlio present session of congress amounting to moro than $500,000,000. Individual eoonomy nnd careful ex penditures aro sterling virtues which lead to thrift aud comfort. Economy and tho exaction of clear justification for the appropriation of public monevs by the servants of tho pooplo aro not only virtues but solemn obligations. To tho extent that the appropria tions contained iu this bill aro insti gated by privato interests and pro mote local or individual projects thoir allowance cannot fail to stimulate a vicious paternal ism and encourage a sentimont among our pooplo, already too prevalent, that thoir attachment to our government may properly rest upon tho hope and and expectation of direct and especial favors, and that the extent to which they aro realized may furnish an estimato of tho value of tho governmental care. I believe no greater danger con fronts us as a nation than tho unhappy decadence among our people of genu ino and trustworthy love and affection of our government as the embodiment of the highest and best aspirations of humanity and not as the giver of gifts, and because its mission is the enforce ment of exact justice and equality aud not tho allowance of unfair favoritism. I hope I may bo permitted to sug gest, at a time when the issuo of gov ernment bonds to maintain the credit and finanoiul standing of tho country is a subject of criticism, that tho con tracts provided for in this bill would crento obligations of tho Unitod States amounting to $62,000,000, no loss binding than its liondB for that sum. (Signed) Grover Cleveland. Executive Mnnsion, Mny 29, 1896. The managers of tho river and har bor bill in tho houso intend to ruovo tho reference of the veto messago to tlio committee on rivers and harbors at once. NATIONAL PROIII Bin ON I STS. Single Platform Adopted and Candi dates Nominated. At tho national prohibition conven tion in session at Pittsburg, tho fol lowing single plank platform was adopted t “Tho prohibition party in national couVoution assembled declares its firm Oonviotions that tho manufacture, ex portation, importation and sale of al coholic beverages has produced such social, commercial, industrial,political wrongs, and is now so threatening tlio perpetuity of all our social and politi cal institutions that the suppression of the same by n national party, organ ized thorefor, is tho greatest object to bo accomplished by voters of our country; is of such importance, that it, of right, ought to control the politi cal notion of nil our patriotic citizens, until such suppression is accomplished. Tho urgency of this cause demands tho union, without further delay, of all citizens who desire the prohibition ol the liquor traffic; therefore, bo it “Resolved, That wo favor tho legal prohibition Dy stato and national leg islation of tlio manufacture, importa tion, exportation nnd sales of alcoholic beverages. That wo deolnro our pur pose to organize aud uuito all tho friends of prohibition into our party, and iu order to accomplish this end we doom it hut right to leave every prohi bitionist tho freedom of his own con victions upon all other political ques tions, and trust our representatives to take such action upon other political questions aa tho changoa occasioned by prohibition nnd the welfnro of the wholo pooplo shall demand.” The tiamo of ex-Goverrior Hughes, of Arizona, was proposed, hut it re ceived no soc'ond and was withdrawn. The dropping of tho financial ques tion, woman’s suffrage, etc,, from tlio platform, caused about tyvo sd^yMired delegates tu bolt. • «, * * 'The bolting delegates ^kojvithdrew "from" tlio prohibition convention held a meeting aud organized tho “national party,” with “homo rule” thoir motto. A platform was adopted embodying the minority report which wns sub mitted by tho prohibiton broad gauge fuction, but rojoctod by tho conven tion. O. E. Bentley, of Nobrnskn, was nominated for president and J. II. Soutligato, of North Carolina, for vioo president. WASHINGTON NEWS. GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL IN PITHY PARAGRAPHS. KATE FIELD DEAD. She Was Correspondent of the Chicago Tlmos-Ileruld at Hawaii. Nows was rooeivod at Chicago 8at- urdny evouing iu a cable messago that Kate Fiold died at Honolula on May 19th of puoumonitt. Tho sender of the enblogrnm was Mr. Thurston, the ox-ministor from Hawaii to tho United States. Miss Kate Field was born in St. Louis in 1854. Her Enthor, Joseph Field, aud her mother, who was Eliza Lapsloy Riddle, of Philadelphia, wore able to give her rare educational ad vantages, nnd through them she in herited brilliancy aud versatility, her mother being a charming actress. Kate was educated in Boston, Italy and England, nnd travoloil all over tho world. She mado sovoral long vis its to Europe, and during hor stay abroad became correspondent for tlio Now York Tribune, Philadelphia Press and Chicago Tribune, besides doing work for periodicals. In 1874 sho appeared as an actress in Booth’s thea ter, New York. Sineo leaving tho stago she has devoted her talonts nnd energies to looturing nnd journalism. Last fall Miss Field wns sent to the Hawaiian islands by the Times-Horald as special corrospondont and was so engaged when removed by death. Doings of the Chiefs mid Hoads of tlio Various Departments. The efforts to keep oongress in ses sion until aftor tho conventions Boom to have failed. Uuloss something un expected turns up congress will proba bly adjourn before) the 10th of June, The houso river aud harbor commit tee Monday formally agrood to recoin- mond to tho houso tho passage of tho river aud harbor bill over tho-presi dent's veto. Chairman Hooker was instructed to propnro a report in which ho will incorporate tho ronsous of tho committee for taking this stop. Mr. Morgan introduced n bill in tho scimto Friday, doolariug any agree ment or conspiracy of two or moro persons, ouo or moro of whom is an officer, ngont or stookholdor of a Na tional bank, to bring about any re striction of tho current circulation or to rci'uso jmymont to depositors in law ful mouoy, a folouy, punishable by fine aud imprisonment. This bill wns road twico, and laid on tho table for tho present. Tho president, Monday, roturnod to ■ congress throo privato ponBion bills with his veto in each caBo. In tho caso of two of tho Dills granting pensions to Mrs. Amnndn Woodcock and Jona than Scott, both originating in tho house, ho points out, that owing to cnrcloss description in tho bills tlio ponsiou could not bo paid under thoir terms. In tho other, a senato bill granting a pension to Ilelon M. Jacob, tho president forcibly sots out his ob jection to allowing pensions to widows of sohliors who remarry. Want Wiborg Pardoned. Representative Woodmnn, of Illi nois, circulated a petition in tho house addressed to tho president, roqueting the pnrdon of Captain J. II. 8. Wiborg, captain of the steamer Horsa, who wns rocontly convicted in tho Unitod States district court of Philndeluhia for a vi olation of tho nput^lil^ laws, and which, gonviotipn was confirmed by tho supreme court of * the United Cantin'Witfo^g'&as sSifrtonoo to pay a fine of $300, and to bo imprisoned for a term of sixtoon months. Tho petition is understood to havo been prepared at tho headqnnrtors of tho Cuban junta at Washington. Mr. Woodman was selected to oireulato it in tho house because of his frequently expressed sympathy with tho patriots’ cause. Within an hour tho paper had received ono hundred and twenty sig natures with ovory probability that all tho members in the houso would sign it if tho opportunity wore given them. In Statu Quo. Since tho introduction of his joint resolution providing for tho recogni tion of tho belligeronoy of tho Cuban insurgents, Senator Morgan has boon persistont in his efl’orts to havo tho committeo on foreign relations make a favorablo roport to tho senate. Tho testimony given before tho committee by Dr. Alborto Diaz und correspond ent Lawronoo has only added to his zeal for notion on this suhjoot. At tho last mooting of tho committeo a suli- commitoco, consisting of Senators Sherman, Lodge and Gray, wns ap pointed to wait upon tho president and havo a oonfereuoo with him on tho subject. That committee visited tho president Thursday morning and wero in conforonco with the president about half un hour. No mombor of tho committo will talk about tho visit, hut it is understood that tho president expressed tho wish that tho matter ho left just whero it is—in tho hands of tho executive—ho believing that through tho diplomatic channels bet ter and moro effectivo results can be secured than during tho poriodio in troduction of resolutions in either house of congress. JOHNSTOWN’S MEMORIAL. Services ill Memory of tlio 3,800 Who Lost Their Lives In tlio Flood. Tho people of Johnstown, Pa., ob served a second memorial Sunday in honor of tho departed ones who lost their liveB in the groat ilood which oc curred just seven years ago,on Friday, May 31st, 1889. Over 3,800 souls porished that day. Thousands of people, accompanied by bauds, visited the cemeteries. Tho scene at tho plot of tho unknown dead in Grandview cemetery, whero over 600 lie buried, wns singularly pathetic. According to the annual custom, services wore hold and each of tho graves was decked with flowers. In all the churches sermons appropriate wero preached and tho anniversary of tliut fatal day was generally observed. *‘Brick” Pomeroy Dead. Mark (Brick) Pomeroy died at his homo in Brooklyn, N. Y., Saturday morning. Ho was well known ns a printer, journalist and capitalist, and was born in Elmira, N. Y,, December 25, 1833, NINETY FUNERALS. Tornado Victims Burled at St. Louis Sunday. Grand and Florissant avenues, tho main thoroughfares of Bollfontaino aud Calvary oemoterios at St. Louis wero covered Sunday with a continu ous stream of oarriagos following tho victims of tho tornado to thoir last resting place. Tho appearances of tho hearses in the sad procession alone punctuated tho points whoro ono funeral party ouded and another began. There was a sunless sky and tho sombre clouds dripped a misty rain, as if nature was weeping at her own dreadful work. Fifty-one of tho victims; wero buried in St. Louis aud thirty-nino iu East St. Louis. ‘‘Chemically Pure” In the Wreck. I A spocical from Columbia, S. O., says: It transpiros that in tho freight cars that wero wreckod and burned throo days ago on the Columbia, Now- berry and Laurens road, there were 125 barrel of XX whisky for tho state dispensary, the burning of which add- od to tho pyrotechnics. The road will havo to pay for it, but the big vats in tho dispensary may run dry before an other shipment can arrive.