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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.