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TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT 16 GOING ON IN THE
BUBY WORLD.
A RTCMART OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON
DENSED FROM NFWST DTSFATrpEJ
FROM UNCLE SAM's DOMAIN AND WHAT
THE CABLE BRINGS.
Fmall-jiox is ravaging Egyptian villa
ges.
Hail stQrras have destroyed crops ir
upper Bavaria.
The earl of Jersey has been appointed
governor of New South Wales.
Strndlcr & Cos., clothiers, New York
city, made an assignment Thursday.
The Minnesota republican convention,
Thursday, renominated Governor Mt
rinm.
The price of bread in France is rising
on account of the rains destroying th<
grain crops.
London stevedores have declared a boy
cott against steamers of the Allan liue
plying to Montreal.
The American scooncr, William Rice,
has been lost at sea. The whole crew of
sixteen persons perished.
All the cloak makers of New Yoi k whe
have been on strike siuce January 10th,
resumed work Friday morning.
After six hundred ineffectual ballots,
the convention of the fourth Ohio dis
trict, in session at Greenville, adjourned.
The Corning jiowdcr mill, at Mountain
View, N. J., was destroyed by an ex
plosion on Thursday, and two men were
killed.
Members of the Tennessee Press asso
ciation were entertained by the Business
Men’s association in Norfolk, Va., Sat
urday.
Tiro French papers publish the text of
the McKinley bill, they say, to show ex
porters the r sk they run in sending goods
to America.
The efty council of Chicago, Wednes
day night, passed an ordinance granting
the use of the lake front as part of the
site lor the world’s lair.
A dispatch from Buakira says that a
hurricane swept over that place leeently
and that many natives in that vicinity
are dying from famine.
The roofers and sheet-iron workers ol
New York went on a strike Friday for an
eight-hour day, and it is probable the
plumbers and gaslltters will join them.
it mi Haywood, publisher of the World,
Boston, Mass., was cm Thursday sen
tenced to two years’ imprisonment on the
charge of sending obscene matter througl:
the mails.
Three unknown men seized the watch
man of a bank of Weeping Willow, Neb.,
gagged him and tied liim to a tree. They
then robbed the hank of about #1,00(
and escaped.
Secretary Wm. It. Owen, of the stean:
generator coinpauy, of Newark, N. "J.,
was arrested Thursduy, charged with
forging cheeks to the amount, of
1f3,000.
Workmen on twenty-four grmnmni
schools in New York have joined the
strikers, and their action may seriously
interfere with the opening of the schools
in the fall.
Tiurndfiro 3. Chase, republican, was,
on Saturday, elected in Kansas City us
treasurer to till the varaney caused by the
removal from office of Wm. Fake, de
faulting city treasurer.
A dispatch received at London, Thurs
day, from Valpuriso states that a mob at
tack' and a number of stems iu the city ol
Santiago, the capital of the republic, and
sacked them. The nnllitury was called
upon to quell the disturbance.
The biggest plate glass factory in the
world is soon to be established ' at Irwin,
I’a., on the Pennsylvania railroad, by a
syndicate of English and American cap
italists, which, it is reported, bus u capi
tul of 150,000,000 at its disposal.
The recount of the cei sus of twenty
four of the districts ot Kansas City has
been completed, showing 1,200 short of
the first rough count, and now some of
the Kausas City ])'o])lc arc telegraphing
on to have the original count stand.
A telegram fromLaLiberlad, Salvador,
>ys: “The present government has es
tablished a rigid censorship of news. No
information in regard to the existing
crisis or trouble between this country and
Guatemala is allowed to bo published.
An incendiary fire at Spokane Falls,
Wash., on "Wednesday, destroyed ♦IBO,-
000 worth of property. The loss is cov
ered to the extent of I} oo,ooo. Among
other property destroyed was the Mon
roe street bridge, if 40,000. Suspects
have been arrested.
A cyclone near Hamilton, Ont., Sun-
Jay, "did much damage. Large trees
were uprooted and carried or dragged
long distances, and all crop, fences and
trees in a district half a mile wide and a
mile long were prostrated. Hail stones
the size of walnuts fell thickly.
A dispatch of Sunday to the London
Daily Atw* says that M. Stambuloff. Bul
garian prime minister, will assemble the
colonels of all Bulgarian regimenls
and deputies of leading tow ns at Sofia
on August 3d, when Bulgaria will be
proclaimed * independent and Prince
Fcrdiuand be declared king.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce of
Saturday says: “New York cotton op
erators have undertaken to ruu a corner
in Liverpool in autumn deliveries. They
have set local houses to buy all the spot
cotton at the present basis as well as for
immediate delivery. They will try to
run a corner in New York also.”
John Powers, one of the volunteers
who sailed on the Thetis relief expedi
tion to search for the ill-fated Greeley
arctic explorers, did in Camden, N. J.,
Saturday, of consumption. His death
■was thfe result of the privations to which
he was subjected while on the search foi
the crew of the Jeannette.
The North German Gazelle of Safhrdaj
says: The journey of Emperor William
to" Russia has given rise to baseless rumors.
Nothing more is expected from his meet
ing with the czar than that friendly in
terchange of ideas may do away with
existing difficulties and secure peaceable
relations between Germany and Russia.
A Paris dispatch of Friday says: It ie
officially announced that negotiations with
England regarding Zanzibar will o.roba
Lly lie favorably concluded within a few
days. The question of Madagascar sod
Lake Tchad aie txjng discussed. Renun
ciation of tlie Angio-Tnnisian compact
will not be included iu the Anglo-French
agreement.
William Golden, his wife and threi
children, started to cross the main lineoi
the Baltimore atid Ohio road at Grafton,
Va.. Sunday morning, but seeing a yard
engfne coming up the road they st pp el
to let it jars. Go den was h >lding his
Iwo year-old boy in bis arms, a id his wife
held a three-months old baby. While watch
ing the yard engine go by a west-hound
u<comm.rdutiou struck the family Mu.'iui
them all.
At Ripon, Joaquin county, Cal.,Friday
night, Warren, the young son of O. \\.
Masters, whi playing with match's, s t
lire to n can of coal oil, and the house
took lire and wus entirely destroyed, will
its contents. George and Warren, tie
two hois, and a baby girl perished in tin
flames. A seven'een-year-old girl vvu
badly burned in trying to rescue thcii
little baby.
At Boydsvillc, in Weakley county, N.
0., Saturday afternoon, two brothers,
named McGuire, were engaged in dig
girig a well, when they were driven out
by impure air. They built a fire in tin
well, ami soon uftci wards one of then:
went again, lie was heard struggling,
and the other brother went down to brine
bim up. Both were overcome bv tin
foul air and died before they could hi
rescued.
The New York World, of Wednesday,
editorially says: “There is excellent
prospects at this moment to defeat tin
force bill in the senate, but this prosjieet
is not helped by the threats of a trade
boycott. It is hurLand will Ire distroyed
by these threats if they are continued.
The World publishes the action of the
Richmond chamber of commerce, dis
proving the boycott threats and also
opinions adverse to the boyco't from
Texas, Arkansas and Msssissipjii.”
At .Madison, Wis., on Wednesday the
prohibitionist convention made the fo’-
low ing nominations: For governor, Dr.
Alexander, of Fan Claire; for lieutenant
governor, W, R. Ncthcreutt, of Milwau
kee; secretary of state, William Johnson,
of St. Croix county; treasurer, Robert
Fargo, of-Jellerson; attorney general, A.
T. Van Buren, of Oshkosh; state school
superintendent, Henry Summer, ol
Outagamie; railroad commissioner, J. O.
Black, of Richmond Center; insu ance
commissioner, Andrew Peterson, of Green
county.
GEORGIA GROCERS
ROI.D A CONVENTION IN ATLANTA- TIIFIH
OBJECT.
Tire first state convention of the retail
grocers of Georgia met in Atlanta Thurs
day morning. Nearly one hundred dele
gates were present, from all parts of the
state, and the opening of the convention
was characterized by a strict attention to
business and earneast endeavor to da
something more than tulk. The conven
tion's object w ill be summed up in the
following act;
To amend section 8504 of the code of
Georgia, ro as to make daily, weekly oi
monthly wages liable to garnishment in
certain cases, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the State of Georgia, that
section 3554 of the code of Georgia he,
and the same is hereby amended by add
ing the following proviso:
“Provided, such wages do not exceed
#25 per month; but iu al cases where
such wages exceed that sum, tho excess
thereof shall he subject to garnishment.”
So that said section, as amended, shall be
ns follows:
“All journeymen mechanics and day
laborers, shall he exempt from the pro
cess and liabilities of garnishment on
their daily, weekly or monthly wages,
whither in the hands of their employ
ers of others; piovided, suc h wages do
not exceed the sum of $25 jut month;
hut in all cases when such wages exceed
that sum, the excess thereof shall be sub
ject to garnishment.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that
all laws or parts of laws in conflic t with
this act, be and the same are hereby re
pealed.
This the legislature will be asked to
pass.
THE SUGAR TRUST.
A COMMITTER APPOINTED TO FORM A NEW
ORGANIZATION.
At New York, Friday, the trustees ol
the sugar trust issued a circular to cer
tificate! holders announcing that Theodore
llavemegiT, F. O. Matliiessen, J. B.
Thomas, J. C. Heavies, Jr., and J. A.
Sturzberg, together with such bankers as
they may select, had been appointed a
committee to form anew organization foi
the purpose of protecting certificate
holdeis, aud had selected the Central
Trust company us a depository for certifi
cates pending reorganization. No details
of the plan under which it is proposed to
reorganize the trust are given in the cir
cular.
SMALL POX IN MEXICO
AND NO PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN TO
PREVENT ITS SPREAD.
A San Antonio, Texas, dispatch of
Tuesday, says: Small pox is epidemic
along the Mexican side of the border.
At Piedras Negr.is twenty-five per ccut.
of the population has been nfTeetcd
and the percentage of fatalities
lias been very high. In New Laredo
there h ive been upwards of two hundred
people stricken with the disease. The
Mexicans have taken no precautions
against its spread, and in many of their
smaller towns it is raging unchecked.
END OF THE STRIKE.
THE CLOAK MAKER’S UNION AND MANUFAC
TURERS COME TO AX AGREEMENT.
The cloak makers’ strike was settled ot
New \ork Thursday, and the men will
return to work at once. Through
the exertions of Coroner Levy an agree
ment was reached, which is satisfactory
to both parties. The manufacturers recog
nize the union, and wiit discharge all
non-union men in their employ, reserving
the right, however, to retain American
Ipls who are working for them. About
6,000 Hebrews will return to work.
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWB OF THE ORDER AND
AND ITS MEMBERB.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OI
THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.- —LEGISLA-
TION, NOTES, ETC.
Savannah offers the Florida Alliance
men n #<l,ooo warehouse in that city foi
the shipment of the Florida Alliance jero
duce.
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J. P. Buchannan, President of the
Tennessee State Alliance has been unani
mously nominated for Governor of Ten
nessee.
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Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia and North
Carolina lead all other States in Allianei
membership. Missouri is in the lead with
2,000 unions.
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Don’t jump on the sub treasury and try
to kill It, unless you have something bet
ter that will give the agricultural masses
relief.— Alliance Herald.
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The silver bill, as amended by the sen
ate, is a great victory for the Farmers’ Al
liance, and shown that the influence of
the order, exerted through its legislative
committee, is being felt. Members of
congress have recently voted for practical
free coinage that a few years ago would
haic voted against it. National Econo
mid.
Leading Allianeempn in Houston
county, (la., are jeeking a charter from
the tsujierior Court for “The Farmers
Co-operative Union.” The shares will
lie #lO each and the capital stock will Ire
#25,000 or more. The business to be
conducted will embrace banking, a cot
ton warehouse, and all classes of mer
chandise.
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The Alliance of Georgia is entirely in
accord with every jrrincijrle and every
jroliey adopted by the national conven
tion at St. Louis. It is a perfect unit in
its demands for complete control of rail
ways by efficient commission, and for the
sub-treasury plan, which promises so
much to the jerodueers of the country.
—Arhuman Hirpatch.
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The Tcnncrtec Watchman (Knoxville)
says: “With all the other reforms finan
cial reforms coroe upjrermost,'and the
Farmers’ Allauce has the good sense to
know that fact. The farmers of this
country arc getting exceedingly tired of
Wall street domination and diction. A
twenty-four |icr cent dividend on bank
stock tells the story.”
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There are 34,000,000 persons In the
union engaged in agriculture. Yet with
9 majority of tl.e population asking for
only oc e measure of relief, congress fan
not find time to consider it. There wiß
be a considerable shaking up this tail on
this account, mid many small statesmen
who regard themselves greater tluin the
people will seek the shades of private
life to consider the fallibility of things
terrestrial. —Alliance Herald.
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The Industrial Union (Quicksburg,
Va.,) has this to say: “The is no time
for Alliance men to l>e sitting on the
fence. This is a fight between the peo
ple and the political manipulators and
money sharks of our country. Aud it
behooves every man to get down to solid
work and help make this fight for free
dom. Come, let every man buckle on
the Alliance armor and help make a
square fight.”
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Let a man who says there is no good in
the Alliance take a look at the situation
in Kansas. There they have 2,100 Far
mers' Alliances witli 90,000 members.
They tell Senator Ingalls: “You have
done nothing in the interest of the people
in all the eighteen years you have been
in the senate. We don’t want you any
longer.” These men are diterinined to
leave every congressman ut home who
lias not worked for their interests. They
have been voting for the old parties, how
they will vote for themselves. Ottumwa
World.
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To the mortgage ridden farmer the
appropriation hills of this Congress will
be interesting reading. He will learn
that while his wheat, pork and cotton
was lessening in price, the salaries of
public officials, as far as possible, were
being increased; that new offices are
beiug created, and all national expendi
tures swelled to tlrnjr utmost. There is
no doubt that the surplus has been squan
dered and a large deficit will soon take
its place. Such are the results of a gov
ernment conducted in the interests of po
litical parties instead of for the good of
the people. —National Economist.
Dr. W. C. Macune, of Washington, L.
C., and editor of the National Economist ,
spent a day ill Atlanta, Gn., last week,
on his way west. He passed the day
looking into the alliance affairs and min
gling w ith his Georgia friends and ac
quaintances, Reg. rehng the sub-treasury
scheme the doctor said: “Theoutlook is
favorable indeed. Of course we don’t
know that we can elect a sub-treasury
congrws. But what is most favorable
is the spreading of the sentiment in favor
of the measure.” To a question as to the
general outlook, he said: “It never was
brighter. The alliance will accomplish
all it set out to accomplish, and if it does
that we will all be more than satisfied.
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Through the courtesy of the Southern
Passenger Association, persons attending
the annual session of the Georgia State
Alliance, to be held at Atlanta, Ga.,
commencing August 19th, 1890, will he
granted a reduction in their return rail
road fare, as the following, from Mr. M.
Slaughter, Assistant Commissioner, will
show: “Atlanta, GA.,Juoe 14th,1890.
Mr. R. L. Burks, State Secretary, Dear
Sir:—l am now authorized to offer rates
of one full fare going and one-third of
the highest limited fare returning, on the
certificate jffsn, for delegates and mem
bers attending the meeting of the State
Alliance of Georgia, to be held in Atlan
ta, Ga., August 19th to 23d; certificates
to Ire signed by you, as Secretary, and
rates to apply from points in the State of
Georgia only.”
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Voder the head W “The True Issue,”
he Farmin' Alliance, (Jacksonville, Fla.)
ays: “It is remarkably singular that the
juestion upon which tho masses of the
pcojrle are bow so deeply concerned, is
wholly disregarded by the leading politi
•al journals of the duy. . 'lhe protective
tariff is the all absorbing question. R
ceems iliat these journals are ioathe to
touch on finance. The people comjilain
J hard times, money scarce and brsinec*
the American congress as a fitting reply to
the ad drear from 234 members of the
British house of commons, requesting
President Harrison to negotiate with the
powers for the purpose of concluding the
treaties of arbitration.”
At Madison, Wis., on Wednesday the
prohibitionist convention made the fol
lowing nominations: For governor, Dr.
Alexander, of Fan Claire; for lieutenant
governor, W. R. Nethercntt, of Milwau
kee; secretary of state, William Johnson,
of St. Croix county; treasurer, Robert
Fargo, of Jefferson : attorney general, A.
T. Van Buren, of Oshkosh; state school
superintendent, Henry Bummer, of
Outagamie; railroad commissioner, J. O.
Black, of Richmond Center; instance
commissioner, Andrew I’otirson, of Green
county.
The extensive machine works of 8. J.
C. Todd, one of the - oldest manufactu
ring establishments in Patterson, N. J.,
was destroyed by fire early Sunday morn
ing, entailing a loss of about #150,000.
The Todd machine works were the jirin
cijial establishment in the United States
for making hemp and rojre machinery.
Its owrer was the pioneer in this country
iu producing imjiroved machinery for
'his purpose. A large force of skilled
mechanics will be thrown out of employ
inent.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: An ami
cable settlement of the present troubles
on the Big Four was reached Saturday.
Tho passenger engineers and firemen on
the Big Four are advanced to #3.50 jrer
hundred miles for engineers, nnd fifty
five per rent, off that nmount for fire
men. The old Bee line freight engineers
and firemen were gianted an advance to
#4 jrer 100 miles for engineers, with fif
ty-five jrcr rent, off that rate for firemen.
The Louisville and Nashville road has
also made a satisfactory settlement with
its brujumcn and swiUhIUCU. . ..
TRADE TOPICB.
REVIEW OF BUSINESS FOR WEF.K ENDED
SATURDAY, JULY 20, BY DUN & CO.
The weekly review of trade of R. G.
Dun & Cos. says: More money nnd highei
prices meet the wishes of most traders,
nnd, accordingly, the tone of the business
world is more satisfied and confident.
Because of sjreculation In grain and cot
ton nnd higher prices for some manufac
tured goods, the general average has risen
during the week half of one per cent.
Business is large for the season, and the
great industries are, on the whole, im
jrroving in condition. The latest rejroris
of exchanges through clearing houses
outside of New York show a gain of iif
tecu per cent over last year.
A most cheering statement is made by
tbc Iron nnd Steel association, showing
that stocks of. pig iron unsold have in
creased only 134,000 tons since January
Ist;, though the production in six months
is 4,010,000 tons, which would indicate
an increase of nearly half a million tons
in consumption.
In general, the speculative markets for
products show a tendency to advance,
mainly because of more money and more
speculation. There is a re markable ab
sence of complaints regarding collections
in the reports received, aud money
markets are nowhere stringent, but with
nearly all conditions thus favoring busi
ness activity, there is a constantly grow
ing embarrassment, in departments of trade
and industry, which arc likely to be af
fected by the passage or failure of the
tariff bill. Foreign trade is naturally ad
verse under such circumstances, while
exports from New York for three weeks
of July show a decrease of 15) per cent.
Compared with last year's, there is an in
crease of no less than thirty-three pet
cent in imports at New York. Business
failures of the week number, for the
United States, 172; Canada, 27; total.
lU9; against 207 last week.
WAR IN BUENOS AYRES.
CAPTURE OF THE CAPITAL BY THE INSUR
GENTS—LIVELY TIMES.
A dispatch to the London Time* from
Buenos Ayres says: Early on Saturday
morning the artillery, joined by some
civilians, took the first steps to overthrow
the government. The troops and police
parleyed. Firing was opened at Palermo
and soon extended to the Plaza la Valle.
Desperate fighting is now going on.
Many have been killed oti both sides.
The insurgents are advancing toward
Plaza dc la Victoria, where thb president’s
palace and town ball are located. The
president has escaped to Rosario. A rev
olutionary government is announced,with
Senor Arern as president and Senor Ro
mero as minister of finance. President
Celman has declared the whole republic
in a state of siege. The national guard has
been called to arms. Later reports say:
The revolutionists are reported to have
completely triumphed. The governor of
Ihienos Ayres is seriously wounded. The
revolutionists have liberated General
Manuel .1. Campos, who was awaiting
trial as a conspirator, and who has now
placed himself at the head of the revolu
tionary party. Another dispatch from
Buenos Ayres at 5 o’clock Saturday after
noon soys that fighting was still going on
at that hour and that there were many
killed and wounded on both sides. The
insurgents have large resources at their
disposal and are ably commanded. The
rebels, the dispatches says, have many
sympathizers among the opposing troops.
SPANISH DISCONTENT.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION REGARDED AS
VERY AI.ARMING.
Great discontent prevails in Spain with
the new conservative cabinet, the great
majority of the people being in favor of
the libera! policy of Senor Sagasta, and
opposed to the return of the aristocratic
privilege and clerical power. The liberals
are sanguine of carrying the approcliing
elections by a considerable majority with
the aid of the universal manhood suffrage
which came into effect this spring. The
situation in Spain is regarltd as highly
inflammable.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WORK or THE FIFTY-FIRBT
C3NGRESB.
rRf CEEDIEOfi or THE HOUSE AND SENATB
BRIEFED —DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT
TERS OF MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OUR
COMMON COUNTRY. — NOTES.
In the house, on Wednesday, Mr. Lacsy,
of lowa, submitted the report of the com
mittee on elections in the West Virginia
contested election case of McGinnis y*.
Alderson. The report, which is in favoi
of the contestant, was ordered printed
and lai.l over. Mr. Conger, of lowa,
from the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, reported back the resolu
tion calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for information as to why trade dol
lars held in the treasury as assets have
not been coined, as required by law. Dis
cussion of the bankruptcy bill was then
resumed, and occupied the remainder of
the day. The bill went over and the
house, at 5:15, adjourned.
The senate met at 11 o’clock Wednes
day and consideration of the Indian ap
propriation bill was resumed. The dis
cussion was temporarily suspended, and
Mr. Morgan, from the committee on for
eign relations, reported a substitute for
the resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
Pasco. The substitute was read and
agreed to, as follows: Resolved, That the
president be, and hereby is, respectfully
requested (if not incompatible with pub
lic interest), to communicate to the senate
any information in his possession touch
ing the alleged arrest and imprisonment
sf A. J. Diaz by the authorities of Cuba,
and wliat action, if any, has been taken
in respect thereto. No quorum being
present, a motion to adjourn was made,
:ntertained and agreed to, and at 6:30
o'clock the senate odjourued till Thurs
day at 11 a. m.
On Thursday, the journal having been
read and approved, the house proceeded,
after a short parliamentary wrangle, to
vote upon the committee amendment to
the bankruptcy bill. In view of the fact
that the bill had never been read in the
house, Mr. McMillan, of Tennessee, de
manded a separate vote on each amend
ment, and much time was thus consumed.
Committee amendments haviug been dis
jio-ed of, on motion of Mr. Reilly, of
Pennsylvania, an amendment was adopt
ed enforcing the laws of states giving
wages for labor ihe prefereifte. The bill
was then passed—yeas 117, nays 84—and
the house adjourned.
The senate met at 11 a. m., Thursday,
the vice-president in the chair. Among
the bills reported and placed on the cal
endar wns the house hill granting a pen
sion to the only daughter of a revolu
tionary soldier, David Wilkinson. Mr.
Morgan introduced a bill to fix the limit
of value and to provide for the free coin
age of silver, and it was read and referred
to the committee on iiunuc-e. The house
bill lo authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Savannah river was
taken from the calendar and passed. The
senate resumed consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill. At 2 o’clock the
tariff hill came up as "unfinished busi
ness,’’ and was laid aside till Friday.
Discussion of the Indian appropriation
bill was continued. After a lengthy argu
ment, the hill was reported to the sen
ate, and all the amendments agreed to by
the committee of the whole were con-
curred in and the bill passed.
Mr. Voorhecs, by request of the Labor
alliance, introduced a bill to secure con
stitutional right and freedom of trade,
speech and press, within the limits of the
republic, and he asked, in view of the
respectable source from which it emana
ted, that it should be printed in full in
the Recoid. The tariff bill was laid be
fore the senate as "unfinished business,”
and after a short executive session, the
senate, at 5:40 o’clock, adjourned till
Friday 11 o’clock a. m.
In the house, on Friday, Mr. O'Neill,
of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of
business men of Philadelphia, asking for
the passage of all hills calculated to
strengthen and encourage the extension
of the national I anking system. Re
ferred. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, from
the committee on appropriations, reported
the sundry civil appropriation bill with
senate amendments with certain recom
mendations relative thereto. Pending
debate the committee rose, and the house,
xt 5 o’clock, took a recess until 8 o’clock,
ihe evening session to be for the consid
eration of private pension bit’s.
In the senate, on Friday, Mr. Hoar
presented a memorial from the headquar
ters of the Grand Army post, expressing
abhorrence at the action of congress in
allowing pension agents a fee of $lO in
each case, under the recent dependent
pension act. Mr. Cockrell presented a
memorial from St. Louis, Mo., protesting
against the passage by the senate of the
federal election bill, and stating that the
masses of the people were so “dazed with
the enormity of the pioposed outrage ou
the sanctity of thp ballot” that they had
not yet formulated words in, condemna
tion of it. Other memorials against the
bill were presented from Adrian, Mich.,
and elsewhere. The house bill on that
subject was, on motion of Mr. Hoar, re
ferred to the committee on privileges and
elections. The revenue marine bill was
then taken up. On motion of Mr. Frye,
amendments were adopted extending the
application of the bill to the life-saving
service. At 1 o’clock the tariff bill came
up as unfinished business and Mr. Vance
proceeded to address the senate. After
some further discussion by other mem
bers, and without action, the senate, at 6
p. m., adjournea.
The house on Saturday considered the
the sundry civil appropriation bill and
non-eoncurred in several amendments.
In the senate, on Saturday, Mr. Mitchell
offered a concurrent resolution which was
referred to the committee on finance,
stating that the United States would hail
with approbation any reciprocal arrange
ment, by treaty or otherwise, between
the government of the United States or
the government of all, or odv, of the
Central American States, whereby there
shall be admitted to the ports of such
nations, free from all national, provincial,
municipal and other tariffs or taxes, pro
ducts of the United States, including
flour, corn, meal and other bread
stuffs, provided meats, fruits, hides,
vegetables, cotton seed oil, rice, and other
provisions, all articles of food, lumber, fur
niture, and all other articles of wood, ag
ricultural implements and machinery.
structural steel, and iron and steel rails,
locomotives, railway cars and supplies,
street cars, refined petroleum and such
other products of the United States as
may he agreed upoa; but declaring that
it is not the sense of the United States
that in any such treaty or reciprocal ar
rangement, articles of foreign wool or
hides, in any form, should he admitted
free into ports of this country. The
seriate then resumed consideration of
the tariff bill and was addressed by
Mr* Morgan.
NOTES.
The secretary of the interior has order -
eu a recount oi tne lnnaouants oi tne twe
cities of Bt. Paul and Minneapolis.
The house committee on pensions hai
ordered a favorable report upon the bill
granting a pension of $2,000 ppr annum
to the widow of the late General Georg*
B. McClellan.
A hill has been framed by the District
of Columbia committee to prevent tb
mailing of lottery letters, and to prevent
newspapers containing lottery advertise
ments from gomg through the mails.
The secretary of the treasury has ac
cepted offers of bonds to the govt rnment
as follows: Four per cents, $6,355,500,
at prices ranging from 121 J to 124; foui
and a halfs, $482,500, at 1031 to lQ3f.
A CYCLONE 8 WORK.
NIKE PEOPLE KILLED OUTRIGHT AND OVER
FIFTY INJURED.
A dispatch from Lawrence, Mass., says:
A cyclone, the first of any considerable
importance within memory in New Eng
land. visted the suburb of South Lawrence
Saturday morning, and in fifteen minute*
had killed nine people, seriously injured
from fifteen to twenty more, slightly in
jured at least twenty mor , cut a walk
through a thickly jiopulated spet on 200
feet wide and a mile h ng, rendered 500
people homeless, destroyed or greatly
damaged from 75 to 100 houses, leveled
a beautiful square of over 500 acres, and
entailed a property loss now estimated at
SIOO,OOO, all of which was uninsured
against damage by wind and storm.
As goon as the termed survivors recov
ered from the shock. Hundreds began
the work of rescue. Of the injured
some, especially those of the family of
Martin McLaughlin, were seriously if not
fatally hurt.
A BUILDING BLOWN UP.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED OUTRIGHT AND
SIX INJURED.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says:
W. J. Bullard’s dwelling house, a three
story brick dwelling, 203 Congress street,
was blown up at 1:20 o’clock Thursday
morning. Iliree p'rsons were killed anil
six injured, two of whom will probably
die. There were thirteen people in the
house. The explosion shattered the
walls which collnpaed in an instant and
fell in a mass of ruins. Most ol
the occupants of the house were asleep.
The cause of the explosion is a mystery.
A negro cook, who threatened revenge
on Mrs. Bullard for his discharge, is in
jail under suspicion of having been the
author of the disaster. Dynamite or nitro
glycerine is supposed to have been used.
Direct and circumstantial evidence in
dicates that the explosion occurred in the
hall on the first floor, and that the explo
sive was placed there by some one who
entered and left by the front door.
RUSSIA SPEAKS.
SHE LOOKS WITH DISFAVOR UPON TUR
key’s CONCESSIONS.
A cablegram from Constantinople says;
Nelidoff, Russian ambassador to Turkey,
has presented a note from Russia to the
porte declaring that the granting by Tur
key of the concessions demanded by Bul
garia would humiliate the sultan. The
Bulgarian demands, the note says, are
maneuvers to strengthen the tottering
throne of Prince Ferdinand and his ille
gal rule. Furthermore, the note says,
Bulgaria is hostile to Russia and that the
Porte’s condescension to that principality
would be nil unfriendly act toward Russia
and might lead to serious consequences.
The altitude of Russia as displayed by
the note seriously exercises the porte.
WYOMING REJOICES.
HER ADMISSION INTO THE UNION CELE
BRATED WITHOREAT ECLAT.
The formal celebration of Wyoming’*
admission into the statehood, was ob
served at Cheyenne with imposing cere
monies. An immense parade, several
miles long, consisting of state militia,
civic societies, trade displays and the
garrison of United States troops from
Fort Russell, marched through the prin
cipal streets to the new capitol building.
The exercises consisted of the presenta
tion to tbestate of a flag by the women of
Wyoming. The presentation speech was
by Theresa Jenkins, who reviewed the
history of woman’s suffrage in the terri
tory, and predicted for the movement
permananey and success in the future.
FATAL COLLISON.
SIX MEN PROBABLY KILLED—FEARFUL
WRECK.
A dispatch from Kaukauna, Wis., says:
A horrible accident occurred on the Mil
waukee, Lake Shore and Western railroad
at Ligerton Wednesday. Two heavy freight
trains collided while rounding a sharp
curve, killing four men and seriously and
perhaps fatally injuring two more. Both
locomotives and nearly all the inrs are •
total wreck.
A Prince Who Weighs His Guosts.
The London correspondent of an Eng
lish paper alleges that the Prince ot
Wales has instituted the customof weigh
ing both the coming and departing guests
at Sandringham palace. At the first op
portunity after his arrival the guest is
weighed, and his weight recorded in a book
kept for the purpose; and he is weighed
again on the morning of his departure,
and another record made, accompanied
by the autograph of the guest. One of
the latest signatures in the hook is that
of Salisbury, and his weight is put at 252
pounds, pluraf*
• ™ ,V- -V*
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
“rrnv items from all roiNTs in ttib
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER
TAIN THE READER —ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
FLOODS, ETC.
Phosphate has been discovered in Cm*
berland Sound, near Fernandina.
The switchmen in ihe Cincinnati South
ern yards at Lexington, Ky., are on a
strike.
Supervisor Smithson has refused to al
low anew count for Nashville, Tenn.,
but says he will employ enumerators to
supply omissions.
A shock of earthquake was felt in
Charleston, S. C., Wednesday. The jai
was only a slight one, and beyond frigh
tening a few nervous ones, did no dam
age whatever.
Governor Senv, of Alabama, on Satur
day appointed Hon. Thomas W. Coleman
to be associate justice of the supreme
court, to fill the vacancy caused by th
resignation of Judge P. M. Summerville.
The United States coast and geodetic
survey at Washington has recently can
celed the charts of St. Simon's Sound,
Brunswick habor and Turtle river. This
is the issue of 1888. A revised chart has
just been completed.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railway, on Friday, awarded the
contract for building twenty-three miles
of the Tennessee and Coosa railroad to
Allison, Shafer & Cos., of New York,
Chattanooga and St. Louis, at $147,860.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: The
steamer M. H. Clift took fire from a spark
which lodged in a bale of hay, Tuesday
morning,off Lannons's Lodge on the Ten
nessee river. About thirty passengers on
board were badly Heightened, but were
saved without difficulty. The loss is
about $6,000.
Sargeant Barwick has sent the follow
ing dispatch from Sacramento, Cal., to
the signal officer at. Washington : 1 ‘Grain
harvest about over; yield and acreage
much below the average, but quality is
good. Abundant fruit crop, except
peaches, reported from nearly all portions
of the fruit belt.”
The Birmingham Erenivg Nnr states
that the Mary Piatt furnace will r-e sold
at auction, because if the refusal of one
of the stockholders to ratify its sale foi
$500,000 to the Pratt Iron and Steel
company. The A7rs says that “no more
valuable plant, for its capacity, exists in
Alabama or elsewhere.”
A Nashville dispatch says: The Postal
Telegraph company, Friday night, made
forrrtll application to the city council foi
the right of way through the city. A
bill was introduced and passed first rend
ing, granting what the company desired.
The company’s representative says the
line will be built to Nashville in less than
one year.
The following have been appointed
special census agents to collect statiftics
of manufactures: Isadore Forst, Birm
ingham, Ala.; Mieha'l Burke, Montgom
ery, Ala. ; Charles Hurley, Mobile, Ala.;
Hamilton White, Selma, Ala. ;Thomas 8.
Cavender, Columbia, Clifton and Glen
dale, S. C.; George Gage, Beaufort,
South Carolina.
An innacuratc census just completed
by the directory publishers, of Chatta
nooga, shows that, in the recent work by
census enumerators, at least 3,000 names
were omitted. A strong feeling prevails
that Chattanooga should have the samo
privilege to correct omissions as has been
extended to Nashville, and will probably
find formal utterance.
A court at Parkersburg, W. Va., hai
denied the petitions for divorce made by
both Rev. Enoch Rector and his wife.
Mr. Hector is 85 years of age and his wife
nearly as old. They made charges ol
cruel treatment and gross immorality
against each other, but the court thought
it best that they should finish their lew
remaining days together.
A deed was filed on Friday in the
chancery court at Richmond, Va., by the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad com
pany, mortgaging to the Central Trust
company, of New York, the road’s rolling
stock and equipments to secure the pay
ment of bond - to the amount of $1,000,000
and interest. These bonds were issued
by the company for the purpose of double
tracking the road from Richmond to
Petersburg.
Wrong Identifications.
It sometimes happens that bodies are
■wrongly identified at the Morgue. Such
mistakes seldom occur, owing to the
great carefulness of the present Morgue
officials. A woman who lived in Provi
dence wrote several years ago to her
children in this city that she intended
to spend Thanksgiving with them. She
stated that she was on her way, and
would arrive on a certain day. The day
came, but she did not appear. The
children liecaine alarmed when several
days had passed without hearing from
her, and a visit was made to the Morgue.
A body in a coffin was identified from the
appearance and clothing as that of their
mother, and it was placed in charge of
an undertaker for burial. The funeral
was held, and it was interred in Calvary
Cemetery. Their door-bell rang two
days afterward, while they were at sup
per, and in walked the supposed dead
woman. She had missed her train and
had not left Providence.— New York
World.
COULDN'T FOOL HIM.
Salesman at Music Store (to customer
from Upthecreek)—You’ll give me a
couple of dollars, you say. for that old
second-hand instrument? My stars, man,
that’s a Stradivarius.
Customer—A what?
“A Stradivarius, sir; a genuine Stradi
varius.'’
“Strad nothin'! It’s a fiddle! Reckon I
don’t know a fiddle when I see it? I’ll
give you just f2.23 for the old thing ?”
Chicago Tribune.
CONCLUSIVE.
Judge—You swear that the Simpkins
boy is insane?
Boy—Y’es, sir. I’ve seen him refuse
pie.—[Binghamton Leader.
SUBSCIUBENOW