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VOLUME XX.
BUDGET OF FUN.
JIU.MOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Milking Time—Easily Answered—
Remonstrate cl—A Brave Hus*
band—Needed Finesse—Her
Trouble, Etc.. Etc,
Over spilt milk do not cry,
Pass the slight misfortune by
Brace yourself; don’t be a cbump,
Any i)mo can work a pump.
—Detroit Free Press.
f
EASILY ANSWERED.
The Rev. I)r. Primrose—“ Which of
.your married sisters is the happiest!”
Little Johnnie—“ The one that was
married last.”—New York Sun.
, DEMONSTRATED.
McQuerry—“Do you believe in sym
pathetic suffering?”
Henry Peck—“Do I? Yon ought to
r=ee how I stiller when my wife is out of
.sorts.”—Puck.
NEEDED FINESSE.
Crawford—“ife seems to be aeon
firmed cynic. I didn’t hear him say a
good word about anybody.”
Crabshaw—“Perhaps you didn’t draw
him out about himself.”—Life.
A BRAVE HUSBAND.
Mrs. Pott—“Why do you call your
husband ‘sugar?’ Because he is so
sweet?”
Mrs. Kittie—“Oh, no; it’s because
ho has so much sand.”—Detroit Free
Press.
ONE THrNG SURE.
Maud—“l can’t see what there is
;about that Skidmore girl, can you?”
Mabel (dubiously)—“Yes.”
Maud—“ What?”
Mabel—“Most all the fellows.”—
'Truth.
NOT CORDIAL.
“Most inhospitable mau I ever saw,”
said Jiggios.
“Yes, he is rather small.”
“I should say so. Why, that man i9
too mean to entertain a doubt.”—Wash
ington Star.
WELL NAMED.
Shopper—“ Why, this is anew shade
•of red.”
Clerk—“ Yes, madam. That is an
archist tint.”
“How did it come to get that uarne?”
“It won’t wash.”—Detroit Free Press.
AN IMPORTANT WHISTLE.
Mother (severely)—“Why didn’t you
come when I called you?”
Small Boy—“ Why, just as you was
calling me Tommy Traddle, down
street, whistled for me. I couldn’t go
toJboth, could I?” —Good News.
I
APROPOS THE SOLITAIRE.
Jennie —“Is there any tost by which
•one can ascertain the genuineness of a dia
mond without consulting a jeweler?”
Minnie- “Cousin Bob says you can
find out by soaking it,but I never thought
of to ask him iu what.”—lndianapolis
Journal.
BREAKING ROCK.
Philanthropic Citizen—“My erring
friend, when are you going to give up
your present evil way of living?”
Tramping Jake (hammering away
stolidly at the village stone heap)—
“When I’ve made my pile, I reckon.”—
Chicago Tribune.
AND NOW THEY’RE ENGAGED.
Charlie Youngnoodle—“Do you know,
Miss Alice, that you have sapphire eyes,
ruby lips and golden hair?”
Alice—“Go away! But there is one
thiug I haven’t got.
C. Y.—“ What’s that?”
Alice—“A diamond ring. ’’Jewelers’
Circular.
A WITTY HINT.
Diner—“ Here, waiter! That order
reminds me of the millennium; it’s such
a long while coming.’'
Vraiter—“And some customers remind
me of an eagle; such a distauce between
tips.”
The diner saw the point and the order
was forthcoming.—Boston Transcript.
THE WISDOM OP EXISTENCE.
Sammy Mammasboy—“Going to move,
Tommy i”
Tommy Tufnut—‘Yep.”
Sammy Mammasboy—“How do you
kuow?”
Tommy Tufnut—“Ah! how d’ I know?
Didn't m’ mother lemme break a cellar
winder t’ other day an’ didn't say nartin?
Howd* kuow? A-a-ah, you!”—Puck.
TAKING CARE OF THE SHALL THINGS.
Father (wishing to point a moral
lesson) —“See, William, how such a large
animal as the elephant will garner the
small things. See with what preservance
and patience he has striven for that small
peanut that was nearly out of his reach.”
William—“ Yes; while I was waiting
for him to get that peanut I have been
throwing them down the other elephant's
mouth by the handful.” —Puck.
IIER TROUBLE.
Mrs. Wangle— “ How have you been
getting on since I last saw you, Mrs.
Bangle?’’
Mrs. Bangle—“ Not very well. I have
had so much care.”
Mrs. Wangle—“l hope none of the
children has been ill!”
Mrs. Bangle—“Oh, no. But Fido is
such an "invalid!”—Frank Leslie’s
Weekly.
PARTICULAR ABOUT BUTTER.
Little Boy—“ Mom wants two pounds
o’ butter exactly like wot j oil sent us
last. If ’taiu’ exactly like she won’t
Grocer (to numerous customers)—
“Borne people in my business don’t lifce
very particular customers, but I do. It’s
my defcght to serve them and get them
exactly what they want. I will attend to
you in a moment, little boy."
Little Boy—“Be sure to get the same
kind. A lot o’ pap’s relations is visitin’
at our house, an’ mom wants to drive
’em away.”—Good News.
INSISTING ON ACCURACY.
Teacher—“ What is the distance from
here to the moon?”
Thoughtful Pupil—“ About 248,000
miles.”
“Haven 11 told you time and again,
Johnny Pepperill, that the distance from
the earth’s surface to the moon is a little
less than 240,000 miles?”
“Yes’rn, and you told us a little while
ago that it was night in China and the
moon was shining on China this very
minute.”
“Certainly.”
“Well, ain’t it 8000 miles from here
to China?”—Chicago Tribune.
WIIAT THE WARDEN HAD.
One of the penitentiary guards had a
felon on his hand, and as he was whim
pering around the warden overheard
him.
“ What’s the matter?’’ he asked.
“Got a felon on my hand.”
“How many?”
“One.”
“Only one!”
“Only one? Good gracious, man, how
many would you expect to have?” and
he groaned painfully.
“Well, judgingfrom the way you take
it, I should suppose you ought to have a
thousand or two. I’ve got 500 felons on
my hands, and you don’t hear me kick
ing about it, do you?”—Detroit Free
Press.
London Detectives.
The standing strength of the London
detective force is about 400. At the head
of it is the director of the criminal inves
tigation department of New Scotland
Yard. The staff attached to headquar
ters, and in immediate contact with the
director, consists of one superintendent
and about thirty subordinates; the rest
of the men are distributed among tee
twenty-two divisions of the metropolitan
police. Each division has thus a local
staff of detectives, consisting of one in
spector and a varying number of ser
geants, who are, for all ordinary pur
poses, uuder the control of the divisional
superintendent.
Every crime discovered is reported
first to the nearesr police station and
then to the superintendent of the division,
who immediately takes it iuhand and is
sues such directions as he thinks neces
sary to the detective inspector of his
division. At the same time he refers it
to the criminal investigation department,
either by way of his daily report or at
once if the affair be very serious. Such
report passes through a chief officer of
the criminal investigation department and
then goes to the director; if urgent aud
out of hours it is telegraphed to his
house.
He can then act iu several ways, ac
cording to the nature and gravity of the
case; he may leave it entirely in the
hands of the superintendent or he may
issue instructions to direct the divisional
detective inspector, iu which case the
latter will act in concert with thj
divisional superintendent; or again, he
may instruct a member of his own staff,
who, in turn, may act with the superin
tendent or independently. Not to worry
the reader with details, the main points
of the system are (1) the local distribution
of the detective force, and (2) its inter
action with the ordinary force through
the superintendents. Everything, of
course, depends on the smooth working.
—Saturday Review.
Oddities About Horses.
In that portion ol Genesis which tells
the story of Joseph, the famine, etc., we
find the first historical allusion to the
horse, and further on in Holy Writ we
read of the horses of the great and wise
Solomon, which numbered 49,000 —that
is, if the 40,000 stalls for horses are tc
be taken as a criterion. Prior to 106(j
the horses of England were never shod,
William the Conqueror being the person
who is given the credit of introducing
horseshoeing into the British Isles.
The high State officials and the rich
people of Egypt have a peculiar aversion
to riding the horse, their favorite mount
being a species of white ass, which is held
as being a semi-sacred animal. Fine
specimens of these snow white creatures
are seldom sold for what would be less
than SIOOO in United States currency.
The Tartars have a species of hi irless
horses, which all have beautifully striped
white and brown hoofs and “glass eyes.”
Pliny, the Elder, mentions a breed of
horses “from a land far to the north of
Lybia,” which was distinguished on ac
count of a woolly mane which extended
from between the oars to the root of the
tail.
Henry VIIL put a stop to the raising
of inferior horses in England by having
all slaughtered that were under thirteen
hands high at the age of five years.
In Japan the man of “quality” never
forces his steed out of a walk; if the er
rand is one which demands speed the
rider dismounts, tie3 the fore legs of his
animal together and strikes off at a brisk
gallop on foot.—St. Louis Republic.
A Great Mind.
Caleb Cushing, on being appointed to
the bench, prepared himself by reading
in nineteen days the fifty-seven volumes
of Massachusetts reports. When Web
ster’s Unabridged Dictionary appeared
he read it through, word by word, and
corrected some mistakes. Mr. Cushing
excelled as a linguist, and was said to be
abel to converse with all the foreign
ministers at Washington in their own
tongue. It is also stated that as our
Commissioner in China, he negot atid
the first treaty without the aid of an in
terpreter.—Green Bag.
Artificial ice ponds are now being ia-
JACKSON. GA„ FRIDAY. MAY 13, 1892.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
ia Convention at Atlacta—Nearly One
Thousand Dalegates Present
REPRESENTING EVERY SOUTHERN STATE.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF HIE DELIBERA
TIONS OF THE CNNVENTION.
The Southern Baptis’ conventi n, fif
teen hundred strong, assembled in Atiau
ta Friday.
There were nr re than a thousmd
preachers in attendance. In solid p’i .1-
anx they came from the prosperous ciiies
of the south, the thriving towns, the
peaceful villages, the quiet croroads
settlements, the heart of each one fired
with an earnest desire to do the will of
God and to uplift his fellowinau. A re
markable gathering of men; such a gath
ering as has never before assembled with
in the gates of Atlanta.
Every available seat was taken in Trin
ity, the largest church in the city, both
on the floor and in the gallery, and the
crowd could not have been far short of
1,500.
At 10 o’clock the convention was called
to order by President Ilara’son. Rev.
Dr. W. R. Gaultnev, of North Carolina,
was introduced and conducted the re
ligious exercises that preceded the delib
erations of the body. Dr. Gualtney read
the sixty-fifth Psalm—“Goi be merciful
to us aud cause his face to shine upon
us,” and then he asked the audience to
rise and sing the oronation hymn. At
its conclusion Dr. Gualtney offered a fer
vent prayer to God, calling dow T n His beu
ediction on the convention and asking
that His hand should guide the hearts
and minds of those in attendance. Dr.
Lansing Burrows of Augusta, secretary
of the convention, then proceeded to or
ganize the body by calling the delegates
and recording their names. The r.l! call
showed present from Alabama fifty-five
delegates; from Arkansas, 14; from the
District of Columbia, G; Florida, 23;
Georgia. 10G; Kentucky, 73; Louisiana,
25; Maryland, 12; Mis3is-ippi, 28; Mis
souri, 39; North Carolina, 48; South Ca
roliu , 62; Texas. 108; Virginia, 9G, and
Tmnessee, 35. Besides these were 209
delegates representing as many Baptist
associations. Th ; s made a total of 948
delegates on the floor.
PRESIDENT IIARRALSON RE-ELECTED.
The next business in order was the
election of officers for the ensuing year.
Judge Harraison was unanimously re
elected president. The next business in
order was the election of four vice-presi
dents. The nominations were numerous,
as a great number of delegates had
friends they waited to see honored. On
the final vote Hon. Joshua Levering, of
Maryland, Hon. W. J. Non hen, of Geor
gin, Hon. James P. Eagle, of Arkansas,
aud Hon. L L Foster, of Texas, were
elected.
Dr. Hawthorne, of the First Baptist
church, Atlanta, war introduced to the
convention by President Haralson. The
doctor represented the Biptists of At’an
ta in his usual style. He was followed
by Governor Northen who gave a cordial
welcome n behalf of the s’ate, guarding
it with a few words of Baptist doctrine
on the separateness of church and state.
Speeches were also made by Judge II tr
alson, of Selma, and Rev. Dr. William
E. Hatcher, of Richmond, which were
unusually good.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The committee on business made a
recommendation as to the length of the
session, and it was adopted. The report
provided that the morning sessions should
last from 9 a. m. uutil 1, the afternoon
sessions from 3 to 5, and the evening
sessions from 8 until it pleased the con
vention to adjourn.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon was devoted to hearing
the reports of the mission boards and
referring them to suitable committees.
The home mission board presented its
forty-seventh annual report, showing that
the number of its missionaries for the past
year was 355 Texas led with 143, Geor
gia hid seventeen and Virginia but one.
Through the home mission board eighty
houses of worship were built during the
year, 5,274 candidates were baptized and
5,973 were received by letter. Three
hundred and forty-two Sunday schools
were organized, 1,224 stations and
churches were maintained.
How successful have been the labors
of the board may be knnown from the
f; ct that in ten years twice as much has
beeu accomplished as in the whole thirty
seven years of its previous history. Here
is a brief record of a part of its work for
the pa9t ten years: Missionaries employ
ed, 2,6°2; churches constitued, 2,290;
Sunday schools organized, 2,117; houses
of worship huilf, 630; Additions to
churches, 67.166; money received and
expended, $1,320,000. The report
pays a glowing tribute to the “zeal,
w isdom and consecrated tact” of the
Woman’s Missionary Union, auxiliary to
the southern Baptist convention, and
gives their report in full, from which it
appears that these nobie women have
raised for home missions during the pist
year $19,242.30, being an advance of
more than $4,000 on the year before.
The treasurer’s report for the year shows
a total of casa receipts from the states of
$74,895.18; miscellaneous receip’s, $9,-
976.01, miking a total of $84,871.19;
amounts raised by co-operative bodies
and expeuded in joint mission work on
the field, $68,684.40; for homes of woi
ship on mission fields, $61,064 42. This
makes a gran 1 total of receipts during
the year of $227,281.51. The cash re
ceipts of the board, despite bard times,
for the year just closed are $17,682.88 in
excess of what they were last year.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Next in order came the forty-seventh
report of the foreign mission board. The
mission churches leport less than 500
baptisms and more than $3,000 contribu
tions. Since the last meeting of the con
vention twenty-one mi-sionaries have
been added to the force in the field, and
five have been appointed who will soon
join the force. Th<> board’s receipts for
the year were $114,325 80. The amouni
paid to the several missions beyond the
payments last year was SB,OOO. This in
dicates the enlargement of the work, and
that the churches have not kept p&c*
with the progress of the work. The
tardiness of the churches in rhaking their
offerings made it necessary to borrow S7O, -
090. The deficit this year is $16,932.24. It
should be observed that a considerable
part of the deficit is in call loans. Italy
reported forty biptisin, 293 members,
$590 Contributions; Biazil reported 90
baptisms, 419 members, $1,159 contribu
tions; Mexico reported 127 baptism, 958
members, $1,383.70 contributions. The
Japan miss on at Kokura is but recently
organized; North China had nine bap
tisms the past year and the pres
ent memb rship amounts to 141.
Central China has 110 church members
and twenty schools, (the effect of the
present riots has to been bring the work
of missions to the attention of the impe
rial throne, which has decreed that mis
sionaries are worthy of respect and must
be protected by the officials of the land);
Bouth China had 1 39 baptisms, 6Gi5
church members, 340 scholars; Africa
had thirty-one baptisms, 111 church
members and 124 pupils. The work in
;hat continent seems to be rather uphill.
In all of these missions a large number
f tracts and scriptures were di-tributed.
The foreign [missiou report was divided
and referred to five committees.
A letter was read from Dr. H.C. Mable,
home secretary of the foreign mission
uni n which will hold a celebration of
the nrrsuon centennial at Pniladelphia
on May 24th. 15th and 26 : h. He extend
id that < rgaaization's invitation to send
fraternal delegates
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT.
The report of the Sunday school board
was then read. As to periodicals the
report referred to the work begun twen
ty-five years ago by Basil Manly, Jr, The
first ediiionsof Kiud Words were printed
on old confederate paper. Out of “Kind
Words” in 1880 came a complete series of
-unday school periodicals. In this series
ire e ght different periodicals, Dr. Frost
editing The Teacher, and Rev. Samuel
Boykin editing "tie other periodicals.
The collection was prepared by Dr. John
A. Broadus. The Kind Words paper is
now devoted to read ng matter, lessons
having been omitted. The periodicals
will be improved. Their circulation
is constantly increasing. They are the
property of the convention. Receipts for
the year $20,800.66; disbursements, $19,-
734.88; balance on hand, $1,065.78..
The report was referred to appropriate
committees.
The report of Treasurer G W. Mor-
T ot>, of Louisville, upon a special fund of
small amounts was read, amt he was re
elected. Dr. Burrows said it was his
p.iaful duty to announce the death of
Junius Coldwell, of Louisville, the audi
tor. Rev. W. P. ; arvey, of Louisville,
was elected auditor.
NlGnv SESSION.
At 8 o’clock ‘he convention reas-em
bled. Dr Eaton re id the rep rt of the
oentenn al committer . The committee
has been engaged during the year in a
campaign of education. The centennial
of modern missions has been brought
! efore the district associations and state
conventions, besides special meetings
held at tillable points. Missionary maps
have been issued and much literature
circulated. It is recommended to
raise $250,000 as a centennial fund, iu
addition to the work already agreed upon,
viz , to send 100 new missionaries to
foreign fields during the year, and tocor
res-pondingly increase the other depart
ments of our mission work. This cen
tennial 'uud is for church building, Bi
ble transtati n and other permanent work.
To begin the work lour general centen
nial meetings are to be held—one Satur
day in Atlanta, one in Louisville next
October, one in Richmond, Va., next
March, and one at the next session of the
convention. A special committee of one
from each state was appointed for appor
tioning the $250,000 among the states of
the convention.
A programme was then adopted for
Saturday’s session, after which divine
service wrs held. The sermon was by
Dr. Grambtll, and an able one it was.
He spoke from the text: “Enlarge the
place of thy tent and let them stretch
forth the curtain of thy habitation.”
Second Day. —The second day of the
great convention was devdfed to the
mis ion centennial, and the subject wa3
ably discussed in its different phases by
Rev. J. W. Carter, of North Carolina;
Rev. J. P. Greene, of St. Louis, and Dr.
John A. Broadus, of Louisville. In the
afternoon, Dr. H. C. Mabie, who has re
cently returned from a tour of the mis
sion fields of the world, gave a compre
hensive review of the work in India,
China and Japan. His address was a
revelation, and was packed with inter
esting information and entertaining de
scriptions. The upshot of the day’s pro
ceedings was the convention raised in fif
teen minutes a subscription of about
fourteen thousand dollars to the centen
nial fund. Hon. Joshua Levering led
handsomely with a subscription of $5,000
for himself and $5,000 for his brother,
Eugene LeveriDg. This makes a good
nucleus for the fuud that is to grow day
by day throughout the year,
mi ~ t . i. A T~> !
The convention met at 9 o’clock, Presi
dent in the chair. The at
tendance was fully as large as on Friday,
if not larger. The same business-like air
that characterized Friday’s proceedings
pervaded the ereat gathering this morn
ing. After prayer had beeu offered,
committees were announced. Dr. Car
roll, of North Carolina, introduced a
resolution that inasmuch as the conven
tion had grown to be such an unwieldy
body, a committee should be appointed
to change the basis of representation and
thus reduce the delegation. Dr. Bur
rows, of Georgia, took the ground that
the convention was not any more un
wieldy than it has been for the last ten
years, and in a short speech he opposed
the adoption of the resolution. The
regular order of the day, which was the
programme on the centennial of missions,
was taken up on motion of Dr. Eaton,
and the resolution was side-tracked.
Professor Towner opened the exercises
with a song, “Throw out the life-line.’
The first address was by Dr. J. W.Car
ter, of Raleigh, on the moral basis ol
missions. The doctor handled the sub
ject in an admirable manner and held
the closest attention of the audience.
Rev. T. P. Smith, of South Carolina,
Dr. S. G. Hillyer, of Atlanta; Rev. J. T.
S. Parks, of Texas; Rev. C. M. Irwin,
Rev. W. H. Robert, of Mississippi, and
Rev. Henry W. Mahoney, of South Car
olina, who were in the consutulional
convention which organize 1 the South
ern Baptists in 1845 at Augusta, Ga.,
were invited to the platform in order that
the convention might see and honor
tbsm. As these members came forward
the convention sang, “How firm a foun
dation ye saints of the Lord.” Rev. Mr.
Mahoney, one of them, has been pastor
of one cbUrch in South C arolina for sixty
seven years.
Rev. J. P. Greene, of St. Louis, spoke
on the subject, “Are the Heathen Lost
Without the Gospel?” Rev. Greene is a
forcible speaker, and handled his subject
in such a manner as to profoundly im
press his hearers.
Rev. W. H. Roberts, of Miss'ssippi,
one of the five veterans, made a brief
talk. The convention then sang, “Res
cue the Perishing.’’
Dr. John A. Broadus next spoke to the
subject, “How Best to Utilize the Cen
tem ini.” Dr. Broadus is will known a9
firtt and foremost in Baptist ranks and
as a matter of course his subject was ably
handled. By special request Professor
Towner and Mrs. Towner sang “Re
deem! and” and “The Old-Time Religion.”
Dr. H. C. Mabie, secretary of the For
eign Mission Union, was next introduced,
and delivered an address, in which the
mission field of the world was reviewed.
As Dr. Mabie took his seat someone
started the hvmn. “We’ll Work Till
Jesus Comes,” and the convention sang
it with great feeling.
TnE CENTENNIAL FUND.
Hon. Joshua Levering rose and said:
“We have heird and seen things here to
day which we shall never forget, but the
question comes to my mind, What are we
going to make out of it?” He spoke of
the gifts of the rich and the gifts of the
poor, and alluded to the immense funds
raised by the gifts of the poor to the
Catholic church, suggesting that Baptists
can raise money the same way. There
are a’so some rich men in the south. It
is needless to say they do not exist; they
are in every city. The south has made
tremendous strides in the last few years.
Cannot these lay upon the altar of God
some.*iing that will be a blessing to
the world for generations? “I see
many things to thank God for,”
said he, “and I want to make an offer
ing. One hundred thousand of the
quarter million ought to be raised before
sundown, but not to touch the general
income. This must be something sepa
rate and distinct. With humble thanks
giving to God for the opportunity, I
wish to start this fund with a subscrip
tion of $5,000.” “Amen,” said Dr.
Frost, aud Mr. Levering added another
$5,000 for his brother, Eugene. The
fund was increased by voluntary sub
scriptions of SIOO each from fourteen min
ters, Dr. [George B. Eager, Dr.
Merrill, of Missouri; Dr. Ellis.
Dr. Lansing Burrows, Dr. T.
P. Bell, Dr. Flippo, Governer
Eagle, the president, Judge Haralson,
Rev. Mr. Stockhouse, Rev. J. T. Eden,
W. N. Chaudoin, T. S. McCall, of Ken
tucky; Carter Helm Jones and J. M.
Carroll. Dr. H. A. Tupper pledged a
tenth of his gross income and the same
was done by Dr. T. TANARUS, Eaton, Dr. Tich
nor, Dr. J. William Jones, Dr, J. G.
Gibson, Dr. Eubank, a missionary to
Africa; Rev. E. B. Miller and Rev. R.R.
Tatum. These subscriptions made about
$3,000, and others from $1 to SSO made
up about SI,OOO more, so that the whole
contribution, including that of Joshua
and Eugene Levering, was about $14,000
contributed inside of fifteen minutes.
After notices the convention adjourned
till 8 p. m.
At the close ■of the morning session
Rev. Dr. J. M. Brittain, chairman of the
committee on preaching, anuounced ap
pointments for Sunday.
Pulpits in most of the evangelical
churches of the city were filled Sunday
by distinguished Baptist divines. Be
sides those in Atlanta appointments were
made for Bainesville, Fairburn and
Gainesville. Two were made outside the
state—at Chattanooga, Tenn., and An
niston, Ala.
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS
Select mi Uninstrncted Delegation to
tlie Chicago Convention.
The democratic state convention of
Connecticut was called to order Tuesday
morning in New Haven by Clinton B.
Davis, chairman of the state central com
mittee. Judge Walsh, of New Britain,
was made temporary president of the
convention and made a speech of half an
hour’s duration with regard to the selec
tion of delegates. County delegat<sand
delegates at large were selected without
instructions. The platform was then
adopted with a shout. Portions of the
platform relating to national politics con
tain the following:
“We demand a revision of the tariff
along the lines of the democratic federal
platform of 1888 and the state platform
of 1890, and in particular we demand
that duties on raw materials shall be re
moved. We charge the prevailing
stagnation of our industries to McKinlev
ism in the full effect of which we have
been spared for a single season only
by our unprecedented crops of last
year, coupled with short crops
abroad. The false logic of this dis
as'rous policy has already ended in
broken pledges and in place of promised
work there are shorter hours, and instead
of better wages there re all but universal
reductions. We call upon the farmers,
manufacturers and workingmen alike to
entrust the revision of the tariff on sound
principles to the democratic party, in the
interest of all classes, instead of a few.
We declare for a stable currency of gold,
silver and paper founded upon coined
money of the least obtained fluctuation
in value, and we regard the unlimited
coinage cf silver dollars worth but 67
cents each, with legal tender attribute
attached, as a financial heresy, certain to
remit in a proportionate reduction in
wages, the unsettling of contracts and
widespread distress.
Deeming Will Hang.
A Melbourne, Australia, dispatch says:
The execution of Deeming, who was sup
posed to be “Jack the Ripper,” has been
fixed for the 22d of May. It is evident
tbat Deeming has not the slightest hope
that his appeal for further inquiry into
his mental condition will avail him to
escape banging. The condemned mur
derer confessed that he killed his wife at
Windsor.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
What is Being Done in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD—BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Thursday. —After the reference of a
few sen.tte bills, Thursday morning, thd
houre went into committee of the whole
(Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair) on
the river and harbor appropriation bill.
Further general debate was limited to
two hours, and Mr. Holman, of Indiana,
took the floor in opposition to the meas
ure. He attacked the bill as being an
extravagant one. It not only appropri
ated more than $31,000,000. brut it au
thorized contracts to be made which
wi uld make the government liable for
$26,000,000 more. In connection with
the bill, he sent to the clerk’s desk and
had read a letter from W. E. Leonard,
of Port Huron, Mich., to Representative
Whiting, thanking him for his opposition
to the proposal to make a twenty-one
foot canal across lake St. Claire, a dis
tance of thirty miles. This channel
would have to be made with a pier of
wood or stone on both sides. It would
cost at least $72,000,000, and, if the
piers were of stone, it would cost $300,-
000,000. Mr. Breckinridge, of Ken
tucky, had too short a time accorded to
him to attack the bill in detail, but he
said that, : f the democratic house
wished to pass the bill, it should act
frankly with the people, and tell them
that the measure involved an appropria
tion of $47,000,000, and not of $21,-
000,000. If $47,000,000 was fair and
just, let the democratic party go before
the country and say so, and not declare
that this was an economical congress, and
had appropriated only $21,000,000.
Friday.—ln the house, the urgent de
ficiency bill was debated.
Saturday. —Although the house does
not imitate the example of the senate by
adjourning from Friday until Monday,
Saturday is usually a dull day. An early
adjournment is always expected, and
const quently many members devote that
day to the transaction of their depart
mental business. But the prospects of a
final vote on the river and harbor bill
had the effect of bringing together an
unusually large Saturday attendance.
Several requests for unanimous consent
were denied, but Delegate Harvey, of
Oklahoma, was fortunate. He secured
the passage of a bill donating to Okla
homa City, for school purposes, a military
reservation at that point. The house
then went into committee of the whole
on the river and ha bor bill. The
pending amendment was that offered
by Mr. Whiting of Michigan, striking
out the appropriation for a ship channel
twenty-one feet in depth connecting the
waters of the great lakes between Chica
go and Duluth and Buffalo and inserting
in 1 eu thereof a provision authorizing
the secretary of war to appoint a board
of engineers to whom shill be referred
the report of Colonel O. M. Poe upon the
subject of a twenty foot channel from
Duluth to Buff do, through great lakes.
The board shall also report as to the prac
ticality of rai-ing the water level of the
lakes and connecting the harbors by dam
ming up the Niagara river.
Monday.— Almost an hour was con
sumed in the house Monday morning in
the consideration of unimportant reports
submitted by the committee on accouuts.
The house then proceeded to a further
consideration of the river and harbor bill.
The pending question was on the recon
sideration of the vote by which the house
on S iturday agreed to the amendment
providing that in cases where authority
has been granted to the secretary of war
to make contracts for the completion of
certain works if no bids be received
which are deemed by the secretary to be
advantageous theu materials may be pur
chased and work may be done other
wise than by contract. Reluctantly, but
recognizing that by so doing that they
w'ould escape a day of filibustering, the
advocates of the bill voted to reconsider,
and the amendment was then rejected.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to re
commit the bill, with instructions to the
committee to report it back with the
amendment, s liking out contract pro
visions. Mr. Outhwaite moved to amehd
the instructions by requiring the com
mittee to strike out all appropriations
which are for new works or for furthei
extension of the works now under con
struction, so that the bill shall include
only appropriations for continuation oi
completion of the works now in progress.
The amendment wa3 lost—yeas, 69; nays,
70. The question then recurred on Mr.
Holman’s motion. The motion was de
feated—yeas 92, nys49. The bill was
then passed—yeas 186, nays 65.
THE SENATE.
Thursday. —At the opening of the
senate Thursday Vice-President Morton
announced that he had signed, among
other toil's, the amended house Chinese
exclusion bill, which now goes back to
the house and thence to the president for
his approval. The senate commerce com
mittee by unanimous vote decided to re
port favorbly the bill granting Ameri
can register to certain foreign buit
ships of the Inman line, of a ton
nage of not lees than 8,000 tons and a
speed of not less than 20 knots, which
passed the house on Monday. Senator
Frye, the chairman of the committee, was
authorized to urge immediate considera
tion by the senate, and this he will do
at the first opportunity. S ‘cretary Tracy,
in a letter to the committee, expresses
the opinion that the bill is second in im
portance only to the naval appropriation
bill, and urges its passage. ’
Friday.— The senate spent Friday in
listening to eulogies on the late Senator
Wilson of Maryland.
Monday.— After the routine morning
business of the senate, Mr. Frye, from
the committee on commerce, reported
hack the house bill to encourage Ameri
can ship building. He said that the re
port was unanimous, and that he had
been instructed to move its present con
sideration. He made that a motion and
it was agreed to. The bill having been
read in full, Mr. Frye stated that al
though it was general in its provisions,
two ships only were to be admitted to
the American registry ; ihey were to be
NUMBER 19.
excluded fromc astwisc trade, and might
be used by the government, (by charter or
purchase) in caso of war. After tome
important discussion the amendment
offered by Mr; Mills to strike out of tho
bill certain words that might allow two
ships to avail themselves of th ? postil
subsidy was rejected without division,
and the bill just as it came from the
house, giving the Anur tan registry to
the City of New York aid the City of
Paris, was passed—yeas 40, rays 10.
NOTES.
C larles Emory Smith, of Pennylvan'a,
United Statis minister to Russia formally
tendered his resignation of that office to
the pre.'id :nt Monday in oder to resumo
his joun a istic duties in Philadelphia.
The river and liafbor bill finally passed
the house Monday. Then- were three or
four score of opponents, who fought the
measure, but it went through practically
as reported from the committee.
Representative Pierce, of Tennessee,
says he has received assurances from two
members of the house, now’ away from
Washington, that they will sign the pe
tition requesting the committee on rules
to bring in an order fixing a day for a
final vote on tne Bland bili for the free
coinage of silver aud to prevent filibus
tering agiinst the bill. These two addi
tions will make 107 signatures to the
petition.
Senator ColquiD, having been pressed
by his alliance constituents to favor the
sub-treasury idea on the ground that the
government might as well build ware
housts for the farmers as for the distill
ers, sought information from the com
missioner of internal revenue. The offi
cer replied that, contrary to the general
impression, the distillers are compelled
to build their own warehouses, which are
taxed by tile government.
The newspaper correspondents of
Washington are going to investigate the
charges made by the senate against Mr.
James Young, the executive clerk. It
will be remembered that Mr. Young was
removed under the charge of having be
trayed executive secrets of the senate.
No effort was made to prove the.charges,
and he was not even given an opportuni
ty to prove his innocence. Mr. Young
is a newspaper min and the correspond
ents have taken up his case, aud will in
sist upon their right that any one of their
number shall have a fair hearing when
charges ore preferred against him. The
senate removed him to shield several sen
ators, and the newspaper men, knowing
him to be innocent, ure going to have an
investigation, and bring out the truth of
the matter.
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
An Express Train Crashes, Wreaking
Death and Disaster.
' A disastrous accident occurred Thurs
day on the Atchism, Topeka and Kansas
railroad two miles west of Fort Madison,
la. A vestibule train crashed through a
bridge and seven persons were killed
outright and twenty-three injured. The
engineer and fireman are among the
killed.
The official statement made later at the
Santa Fe general offices ac Kansas City,
g ves the list of the killed as follows:
Leon Markle, Kansas City. Mo.; Luther-
Cornelius, Kirksville, Mo.; S. E. Berk,
ley, West Point, Mo.; John C. Greens,
Mac in, Mo.; one lady and two children,
names not known. The number of in
jured is given at fifteen, some of whom
may die.
The train was a through California ex
press which left Topeka at 2:40 o’clock
Thurday afternoon. Near Revere the
train struck n pile trestle bridge which
had been out of line. The train went
through to the river thirty-six feet bale w.
The wrecked cars were the engine, ten
der, baggage car, coach, chair car, a
tourist s eeper and Pullman. The dead
and injured were taken to Fort Madison.
COTTON REDUCTION.
The Average Decrease In Sonth Caro*
lina About Twenty-Five Per Cent.
The Charleston News and Courier in
its issue of Wednesday publishes sp*cial
reports from every county in Sou'll Caro
lina in regard to the reduction of tho
cotton acreage. The reports show that
in all sections of the state there has been
a considerable reduction in the acreage
planted in cotton. In some sections it
will not amount to more than 5 or 10 per
cent, and in others it is as high as 50 per
cent, and in some instances large farmers
have not planted a single cotton seed.
Taken altogether, it is safe to say that
the average reduction for the state is
about 25 per cent.
Avery gratifying feature of this new
farmers’ movement is that the acreage
;uken from cotton is being given to bread
crops. Reports from every county show
that the largest crop of oats, wheat, com,
etc., are planted that have ever bceD
known. The acreage in thesa crops, as
compared with last year, is considerably
more than doubled. All the farmer?
seem determined to raise more bread and
les9 cotton. Similar interest has beer
manifested in regard to live stock.
A PHOSPHATE COMBINE
Being Effected by All the Large Com'
panies in South Carolina.
A meeting of the phosphate men of
South Carolina was held in Charleston,
S. C., Thur.-day, for the purpose of get
ting together. At a meeting held some
time ago it was decided to form a trus:
of all the large companies in South Car
alina, if the arrangements therefor coulC
be satisfactorily adjusted and a commit •
tee wa9 ppointed to frame the most expe
dient plan of opera’ion. There were rep
resentatives of all the large fertilizer
companies in the state preseat at Thurs
day’s meeting, and the committee ren
dered its report; whether or not tbv
trust was actually eatered into, they de
cline to state. But if the phosphate in =
dustry in South Carolina is not consoli
dated very soon, it will be because o
some hitch in details that occurs here
after. The trust is certainly inexistence
Parkhurst Endorsed.
At the regular weekly meeting of tb.9
Presbyterian ministers of Baltimore, Md.,
Tuesday, resolutions endorsing the meth
ods of Rev. Dr. Parkhurst pas-ed with
out and ssent, and a copy ordered seat t*;
New York.