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VOLUME XX.
WRIGHT & BECK,
Attorneys at Law.
(OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE.)
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THE OFFICIAL REPORT
In Regard to Affairs in Idaho —Whole-
sale Arrests.
A Washington dispatch says: General
Schofield has received a telegram from
Colonel Carlin, Fourth Infantry, dated
Wardner Friday, saying: “Arrests by
order of the governor of Idaho commence
today and will continue until the gov
ernor stops them. Mullane, Wallace,
Osborne and Wardner are strongly gar
risoned. The Twenty-second Infantry
occupied Mullane today. No property
was destroyed here or elsewhere by the
rioters in consequence of ray delay at
Cataldo, but all ws saved by that delay.
I was m< st urgently begged by the nun
agerof the principal mine, V. M. Clem
ents, to delay till his surrendered miners
should get out of the place. He believes
men would have been murdered .and his
mine and mill destroyed. A ton aud a
half of dynamite was placed in the mill
by the rioters to blow it up and burn
it. When his non-union meu had left
the place, on cars, the giant powder was
removed from the mill and all the prop
erty placed in his possession. Everytuing
18 progressing favorably.”
Chaxces for an education in the Naval
Academy at Ann&pobs. Md., go begging.
On July 1, there were sixty vacancies m tue
ncade liy, but Congressmen are not finding
applicants for these vacancies, and Secre
tary Tracv is authors id to fill them. Any
healthy, braiuy and well recommende t
young man who wants a goo 1 education can
secure an appointment on application to the
Secretary, so long as the vacancies hold out.
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JACKSON, GA.. FRIDAY. JULY 22, 1892.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE SILVER BILL DEFEATED Df THE
HOUSE-DEAD FOR THIS SESSIOIL
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD —BILLS AND MEASURES UN MSB
CONSIDERATION —OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Wednesday. —lt was just noon when
General Catchings, from the committee
on rules, called up the resolutions in the
house providing for the consideration of
the silver bill. Tho galleries were crowd
ed, and of the 330 living members of the
house. 294 were present and voted. Be
fore General Catchings had time to say
anything in explanation, ex-Speaker
Reed cried out the mo'ioD to tab'e the
resolution, but the speaker ruled that
General Catchings was entitled to the
floor, and that an hour’s debate was in
order. Mr. Bland spoke briefly for the bill,
and offered amendments to it. He also
gave notice that he would move to amend
the resolution from the committee on
rules to close debate and provide for a
direct vote on the passage of the bill at
2 o’clock. .Mr, Clarke, of Alabama, read
a little speech be had prepared in ad
vance, in which he said that he believed
in free c linage, but nothing could be ac
complished by the passage of this bill
now. He would therefore vote against
considering it. Mr. Forman, of Illinois,
and Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee, two
other converts to the side of the antis,
made similar speeches. Then Tom Reed
came with one of his characteristic
speeches, deluging the den; crats with
irony. He was opposed to the resolution
and claimed the credit for the republicans
for making the fight for honest money.
Reed was followed by Culberson,
of Texas, who declared that free coinage
was the great question of the day. It
was a contest between the moneyed in
terests and the people. IPs speech was
greatly applauded. Mr. Pierce, of Ten
mssee, followed in a severe criticism of
his colleague, Colonel Patterson, for de
serting the cause of free coinage, and
expressed the opinion that his constit
uents might be able to find a free qpinage
man to represent them next time. This
ended the hour of debate. General
Catchings then called for the previous
question on the resolution, Mr. Bland
announced that if it was voted down the
resolution could be amended so as to
provide for a vote on the biii
proper at 2 o’clock Thursday, and
that under the amendment he would
offer no filibustering would be in order.
Thus, it was for the free silver men to
defeat the motion for the previous ques
tion. As the roll call commenced, the
excitement was intense, but it had not
progressed very long before the free
coinage leaders realised they were whip
ped. Some of the opposition were
against it on the ground that they wero
opposed to the adoption of an order forc
ing the house to vote on a measure at a
specified time, or in the term of the day
opposed to “cloture.” Others because
they wanted to defeat the bill. The pre
vious vote was ordered, the vote standing
163 to 129. Then the question came to the
adoption of the resolution providing for
the consideration of the Stewart bill. This
was the question to settle the contest. All
realized that its adoption meant the pass
age of the bill, or its defeat,the death of aU
chances of free coinage for this session.
While the democratic anti silver men felt
that they had the fight still
they were nervous. The silver men had
but little hope of succ ss, but were
working and holding all their men in the
intensely warm hall. The roll call de
veloped the fact that about one hundred
democrats voted with the republicans,
while less than a dozen republicans voted
for free coinage. The resolution was
defeated by eighteen majority, and
although Speaker Crisp again voted with
the free coinage people, the vote stood
136 to 154 against the resolutions. Thus
ended the contest. Silver was defeated,
and the house proceeded to the consider
ation of other business, the majority of
the members retiring—some in disgust,
others in high glee.
Thursday —ln the. house, Thursday,
Mr. McKaig, of Maryland, from the com
mittee on printing, submitted as ques
tion of privilege the resolution provid
ing for the printing of 10,000 copies of
the elections or so-called force bill, as it
passed the house in the last congress.
Mr. Dingley made the point of order that
it was not privileged. It did not jam
pose to print anything for the use of the
house. It was not pending in congress.
Mr. Watson of Georgia, took the same
view. The speaker ruled that the reso
lution was a privileged oae. Agreed to.
The senate joint resolution was passed
authorizing the president to invite certain
governments to send delegates to the Pan-
American medical congress to be held
Washington, September, 1893. Mr.
Wheeler, of Michigan, from the select
committee appointed to investigate the
pension office submitted the majority re
port in the Raum investigation. It was
placed on the calends. The floor was
then accorded to the commerce commit
tee. Mr. Forney submitted the confer
ence report on the legislative appropria
tion bill. As agreed upon, the bill ap
propriates $21,899,252, being $153,160
less than as it passed the senate, $215,-
500 more than as it passed the house,
$242,621 less than the appropriations
for the last fiscal year aud $834,785
less than the estimates for the
current fiscal year. The report was
agreed to. Mr. Herbert presented the
disagreeing conference report on the
naval appropriation bill, and it was
agreed to. Mr. Herbert then moved that
the house recede from its disagreement
to the senate amendments which are still
in controversy. These are the appropri
ations for $50,000 for a naval review and
the provision for the construction of a
new battle ship. Mr. Herbeit stated
that if his motion should be agreed to
the bill would appropriate $9,998,-
000 less than the appropriations
made for the naval service for the last
fiscal year. Mr. Herbert's mo*ion was
agreed tosnd the bill is disposed of as
far as the house is concerned. The con
ference report on the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill was presented
aud agreed t->. The house then adjourn- 1
ed, the committee on commerce not hav
ing succeeded in transacting any busi
ness owing; to these conference re
ports which have precedcnc*, occupying
the day’s session.
Friday. —ln the house Friday, Mr.
Enioe, of Tennessee, caLed up as a mutter
if privilege the resolution calling on the
pO'tmaster general for a report as to all
new service established on railroads since
March 4, 1889, together with copies of al
correspondence on the subject. This
resolution was offered some time ago and
referred to the committee on postufices
and postro-ds, but was not reported
back. Mr. Enioe explained that com
plaint was made that in the exercise of
his power the postmaster general had dis
ci imiuated in favor of some radroads and
acainst others. The house should know
whether the complaints were well found
ed. The Republicans desired that the re
port should go back to March 4, 1885, and
wlien Mr. Enioe declined an amendment
to that effect they declined to vote on a
demand for the previous question. The
previous question was ordered—yeas, 169;
nays, 3 —and tho resolution was adopted.
The conference report on the army ap
propriation bill was presented and agreed
to. Tbe house went into committee of
the whole—Mr. Lester, of Georgia,in the
chair—for the purpose of considering the
senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill, 312 in number. All
the amendments except those relating to
the world’s fair were read and non-con
curred ia. Mr. Holman then asked con
sent that general debate on the worWa
fair amendments shall proceed for the
day and Saturday, speeches to be limited
to half hour, and that a vote shall be
taken at 12 o’clock Tuesday, agreed to.
Immediately the chairman was surround
ed by members desirous of having their
names recorded upon the list of speakers,
and for ten minutes the noise and confu
sion was so great that business had to be
suspended. When comparative quiet
had been secured, the floor was accorded
to Mr. Durborow, of Illinois, who open
ed the debate upon the world’s fair
amendments. Other speakers were
Messrs. McCreary, of Kentucky; Pendle
ton, of West Virginia; Little, of New
York; Taylor, of Illinois, and Wheeler,
of Alabama. The committee then rose
nnd the house took a recess until 8
o’clock, the evening session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
Saturday. —ln the house, senate
amendments to the fortification appropri
ation bill were non-concurred in and a
conference ordered. The house then pro
ceeded to the consideration of a number
of private pension bills which came over
from Friday night with the previous ques
tion ordered. Sixty-four private pension
bills were passed, and then the house
went into committee of the whole, Mr.
Lester, of Georgia, in the chair, on the
senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill. A number of speeches
were made both for and against the dif
ferent amendments. No vote was reach
ed upon anything connected with the
sundry civil bill, and the house adjourned.
Monday —Suspension day in the house,
but uulike its predecessor of a fortnight
ago, no great party measures were
brought forward. Mr. Lester, of Geor
gia, moved to suspend the rules and pass
the bill for the improvement of the outer
bar at Brunswick, Ga. Agreed to. Mr.
Smith, of Arizona, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the senate bill submitting
to the court of private land claims the
title of William McGarrahan to Rancho
Panoche Grande, in the state of Califor
nia. (This is one of the oldest claims
pending before congress. It has been
before the national legislature for
more than a quarter of a cen
tury and has always found
earnest friends as it has found determin
ed enemies.”) The motion was agreeed
to—yeas, 143; nays, 36. The bill lias
never before passed both houses. The
bill was passed authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to obtain, by direct selec
tion or competition of architects, plans
nnd speeiflcasions.for public buildings to
be erected under the supervision of the
treasury department and providing local
supervision of their construction. The
senate joint resolution was passed author
izing the committee on labor to make in
vestigation of the slums of cities. The
hous", at 5 o’clock, took a recess until
7:30 o’clock, the evening session to be for
general debate on tbe world’s fair feature
of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
THE SENATE.
Wednesday —lmmediately after the
reading of the journal in the senate, and
without any morning business, the sun
dry civil appropriation bill was taken up,
the pending question being Mr. Quay’s ,
Sunday closing amendment to the sec- I
tion providing for the issue of 10,000,000 ;
souvenir half dollars in aid of the Colum- (
bian exposition, speeches to be limited !
to five minutes. The amendment was |
then agreed to without division. Mr.
Peffer offered an amendment to add to
the section a provision prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors on the expo
sition gound, except for medical,
mechanical or scientific purposes. Alter
a brief debate, this amendment was
also agreed to-.r-yeas, 28; nays, 26.
Mr. Allison moved an amendment—which
was agreed to—limiting gross expendi
tures lor medals, clerical services, etc.,
to $500,000. The exposition amendment
was agreed to. This action, however,
was in the committee of the whole, and
will be subject to change when the bill
is reported back to the senate. There
will certainly be an effort to defeat, at
least, Mr. Peffer’s amendment. The only
other question that provoked much dis
cussion on the sundry civil appropriation
bill was an amendment in regard to a site
for the government printing office in
Washington. Discussion upon it was not
half concluded when the senate adjourn
ed, but there was a unanimous consent
given that after 3 o’clock Thursday all
debate on the bill and amendments shall
be conducted under the five-minutes
rule.
Thursday. —The senate committee on
contingent expenses have voted a compre
hensive resolution providing for an in
vestigation by a special senate committee
of the Homestead troubles, organization
and employment of Pinkertons and the
nature of the labor troubles. The resolu
tion went over till Friday. Mr. Sherman
introduced a bill repealing that part of
the present silver act which provides for
the monthly purchases of bullion; to take
effect January Ist next.
Friday. —The last stage of legislation
was crossed in the senate Friday as to
three of the principal appropriation bills
—the legislative, navy and army, confer
ence reports in each of these having been
presented and agreed to. Nevertheless it
was found necessary to extend for two
weeks longer the joint resolution of June
80th to provide for such expenditures of
the government as are not covered by bills
already sent to the president. The sug
gestion was made to limit the time of
The extension to the 25th of July on the
assumption that the session would be
closed by or before that time, but Mr.
Allison thought it wiser not to take any
chances, but pass the joiut resolution as
it came from the house. Most of the
day’s session was spent iu the discus ion
of the fort fications bill, lhe bill was
finally passed, having only the dt fieiency
bill unacted or. by the senate, and notice
was given that that bill would be taken
up Saturday. A number of bills were
taken from the calendar and psssid,
among them the house b 11 to amend the
act to authoriza the constiuction of a
bridge across the Tennessee river at
Knoxville. After a short executive ses
sion the senate, at 5.50 o’clock, adjourned
till Saturday.
Saturday.— ln the senate, Saturday,
after disposing of considerable routine
business and bills to which no objecti >n
was raised, the general deficiency bill
was taken up at 2 o’clock p. m. and the
committee amendments were actod upon.
The bill contains several items appropria
ting ridiculously small amounts. For
instance, there is an item of 22 cents lor
“improving the harbor at San Francis
co/* one of 25 cents for the “marine hos
pital service,” one of 28 cents
for “improving the Missouri rivir,”
and one of 40 cents for the “repairs and
preservation of public buildings.” Toe
“signal service” gets 41 cents for cloth
ing, and “registers and receivers of the
land office” are to have 60 cents for sala
ries and commssions. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company is to lmv •
its treasury increased by 67 cents in one
item and by $447 in another, vahile the
Atlantic and Pacific railr< ad is to be made
the richer by $2.50. The last of the
committee amendments was the insertion
of anew silver section covering frt\
printed pages, to pay the findings of the
court of claims for indemnity for
French spoliation prior to July 81,
1801. These items aggregate $982,000.
All items for in-urance companies were
struck out of the bill, and action on all
items on the last twenty-three pages were
suspended on the ground that they had
beeu deferred to the committee on claims
and had not yet been reported upon by
that committee. All of the committee
amendments having been acted upon, the
bill was open to general amendments.
Several were offered, some adopted and
others will come up again. By general
consent the bill went over till Monday
and the senate adjourned.
Monday. —ln the senate, Monday, Mr.
Pettigrew moved to insert an item of
$50,000 for the collection and publica
tion, in connection with the World’s Co
lumbian exposition, of statistics of moral,
intellectual and industrial progress of the
colored people of the United States since
January, 1863. Agreed to. The bill
was reported from the committee of the
whole to the senate, and all the amend
ments were agreed to in bulk. Mr. Per
kins asked unanimous consent to have
struck from the bill an item of $50,000
for the widow of the late Senator Plumb,
of Kansas, at the request of Mrs. Plumb.
No objection being made, it was struck
out, and then the deficiency bill was
passed. On motion of Mr. Wnshburn, the
anti option bill was taken up, but was
temporarily and informally laid
aside for other business. Several
bills on the calendar were
passed, and then Mr. Peffei desired
to have the resolution for a select com
mittee on the Homestead confl ct taken
up for action, but Mr. Washburn objected
on the ground that it would probably
give rise to debate, and Mr. Cameron
confirmed that objection by saying that
his colleague, Mr. Quav, who was not
present, desired to address the senate
upon it. Opponents of the anti option
bill then interposed a series of motions,
which had the character of dilatory mo
tions, and which were also destined to
oust the anti-option bill from its position
of procedure. The friends of the measure
were strong enough, however, to resist all
these efforts, and when the senate ad
journed the anti-option bili was “unfin
ished business.”
NOTES.
The house took up the civil sundry bill
Friday, promptly disagreeing to the sen
ate amendments in a lump, with the ex
ception of the $5,00Q,00U world’s fair
appropriation. The house wante i to
debat-e that, and it was agreed that the
debate should last until 2 o’clock next
Tuesday, when a vote would be taken.
The ways and means committee of the
house,Monday morning,adopted a resolu
tion providing for the final adjournment
of congress on the 25th. The resolution
will soon ba called up, and, in the pres
ent temper of the house, there is little
doubt that it will puss. The senate is
equally anxious to bring the session to a
close, so that nothing short of an emer
gencp is likely to cause an extension by
the senate of the day fixed in the resolu
tion.
Under authority conferred by the sen
ate resolution directing an investigation
of the existence and cause of the depres
sion in agriculture by the senate agricul
tural committee, Senator George has
been designated by Chairman Paddock
to act as a subcommittee to investigate
the cotton-growing industry, and Mr.
Casey has been charged with the inquiry
into other branches of agriculture. They
will report to the full committee at the
next session of congress.
The Deficiency Bill.
The deficiency, the last of the annual
appropriation bills, as reported to the
senate, shows a net increase over the
house bill of $961,913 in amounts as fol
lows: French spoliation claims, $458,-
965; judgments rendered by the court ot
claims, $293,407; transportation of
army, $77,059; compensation to post
masters, SIIO,OOO, and miuor items for
fees of attorneys’ clerks and marshals of
the United States court. The largest re
duction made by the senate was that of
$910,000 for the expense of the eleventh
census, which, however, was provided
for in the sundry civil bill.
How the South Voted.
The south voted overwhelmingly for
free silver Wednesday. The following
table tells the story:
NUMBER 28.
Yeas. Nays. Dodged.
Virginia 9 .. 1
North Carolina 9
South Caro in a, 5 2
Georgia ID
Florida 2
Alab ma 7 2
Mississippi 7
Louisiana 5 2
Texas .....10*
Arkansas 4 1
Kenucky 6 4
West Virginia 2 1 1
Tennessee 9 1 ..
Maryland 6
To'al 85 19 2
•One vacancy.
The Pilotnsr Hill.
Opponents of the bill exempting coast
wise sailing vessels fr m paying state
pilotage fees may lest assured ihat no
legislation will be enae’ed bv congress at
this session detrimental to their interest.
The commerce committee of the house
decided Fr.dnv to postpone all further
consideration of the measure until the
next session. The bill has been before
congress for many years and has several
times parsed the senate, but invariably
meets with opposition in the house. As
the law now stands, vessels are compelled
to pay a pilotage fee on leaving and en
tering certain ports, principally those of
Virginia, North Carol na and Georgia,
even when they do not riq.uire the ser
vices of a pilo\ Opposition to lhe bill
comes mainly from southern pilots, who
would be injuriously aff.cted if it should
become a law.
THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH.
Progress and Improvement for the
Past Week.
In ita review of the industrial situation in the
South for the past week the Chattanooga
'Tradesman states that the reports received
throughout the Southern States are quite en
eouraging. In the Mississippi valley and in the
lower part* of Alabama. Georgia and Missis
sippi there is still danger of considerable loss
from overflow. The crop reports are all favor
able. The results of diversified planting are
now showing themselves m greatly increased
harvests of wheat, oats and corn. The lnmbsr
business is very active; a better demand lias
sprung up from South Am vicau States than for
three years past, and this industry isjn a moro
promising condition than for years. The cotton
mill owners are steadily increasing the number
of their plants. New ones are reported every
wek, and some of them are on large scale.
The labor troftibliß in the Nor;li are not known
in the Southern field, and it is not yet time to
state what the effect will be on the demand for
Southern iron, but an ad van o is looked for.
'lhe good understanding among the coal min' rs
and the rec nt consolidations, are followed by
the formation of new t orp >rat ons to engage in
the development of she Southern coalfields.
One with $650,000 capital is re; orted for the
week from Chattanooga, Tenn., headed by Sen
ator Vance, of North Carolina.
Mercantile busim ss is reported to be in fair
condition, and there is a general good feeling
apparent which promises well for the future.
Fifty-one new industries are reported as es
tablished or incorporated during the week, to
gether with 6 enlargements of marmfactorie
and 21 important new buildings. Among the
new industries reported are aluminum works at
Rhea, Ky., $25,000 brick works at Vc;asoo,Tex., a
steam eotton gin at Chariest ou, Arn., a oi mpiess
at Hamlet, N. C., a development company at
Brinkley. Ark., and an electrical company at
Louisville, Ky. Elevators are to built at Kea -
neyville and Rippon, W. Va., a lollerpocess
flouring mill at Shiunsfon, W. Va., ferro-iaan
ganesi works at Cave Spring, G.i., l.me works
at Anniston, Ala , a bolt and hoi se shoe plant
at Harriman, Tenn., an iron manufacturing
company chartered at Llano, 'Texas, and an
Iron manufacturing and refining company or
ganized at Nashville, Tenn. A mining and mill
ing oompany with $125,000 capital at Coving
ton, Ky., a plant for panting wall paper at
Harriman, Tenn., an artesian well company
at Belton, Texas, a $25,000 planting and manu
facturing company at New Orleans, La., paper
mills at Memphis, Tenn , and Bowling Green,
Ky,, a pottery at Dadeville, Ala., a plow factory
at Temple, Texas, and a pump foe ory at Eliza
bethton, Tenn.
The textile plants of the week include a
$200,000 cotton mill at Wheeling, W. Va., a
$35,000 mill at Fort Hill, 8. C-, an 1 mills at
Lolo, 8. C., Sycamore, Ala., and Settle, N. C.
Among woodworking plants are a $50,000_ fur
niture factory at Fort Worth, Texas, a 570,0a0
lumber oompany at Phillipi, W, Va., and one at
Rome, Ga.. and saw and planing mills at Brew
ton, Ala., Poplar Grove Ark., Now Orleans
La., and Jackson, Tenn.
Water works are reported at Aiken. 8. C.,
Chapel Hill, N. C., Key West. Florida, and
Knoxville, Tenn. The new buildings of the
week include churches at Augusta, Ga., Char
leston, S. U., Norfolk and Roanoke, Va., a 530,-
000 college at Atlanta, Ga . a $25,000 hdiool
building at Charlottsville, Va., a $20,000 public
hall at Dallas, Texas, aud a maltery at Fort
Worth, Texas.
A BIG HAUL.
Train Robbers Secure Between Fifty
and Seventy-five Thousand Dollars.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas pas
senger train N. 2, south bound, was
eld up by a gang of masked robbers at
Adair, I. TANARUS., late Thuisday night. The
robbers, secured the contents of the safe
of the Pacific express and made good
their escape. It is believed the robbers
were the noted Ddton gang. The
amount stolen is between fifty and sev
enty-five thousand dollars.
The gang of robbers has been camped
in the territory for some time past be
tween Prior creek and the pluce where
the crime was committed. About 9
o’clock on the night of the robbjry they
made their way to Adair, bringing their
Winchesters to bear upon the station
agent. They proceeded to ransack the
station of all valuables. This accomplished,
they calmly sat down to await the arrival
of the north-bound passenger train due
there at 9:40 o’clock p. m. The entire
contents of the safe was secured. In the
skirmish that took place between Captain
McKinney, chief of the railroad detective
force and the ludian guards while the
robbery was taking place, Mr. McKin
ney received a slight wound in the
shoulder ad one of the guards received
a bullet in his lag. Tvso stray bullets
entered a drug store up town and ser
iously injured Drs. Youngblood and W.
L. Goff, who w-.re sitting in the build
ing at the time. Dr. Goff has since died
from his wounds and Dr. Youngblood is
in a serious condition. The exact value
of plunder obtained by the robbers can
not be learned, railroad officials refusing
to state the amount taken.
A Bogus Petitiou.
Dispatches from New York of Monday
night stated that a paper was being cir
culated in New York city, appealing, in
the name of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, for financial aid to provide for the
poor strikers at Homestead. The paper
was said to be signed by President Wil
liam Weihe and Thomas J. Crawford and
George C. Rylat.d, two of the Amalga
mated leaders in Homestead. Mr. Weihe
repudiated the paper aud declares that
the Amalgamated Association and Horn -
stead strikers are Dot in need of assist -
ance and have asked for none.