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The Jones County News
M. C. PUBLISHER.
CONVENES IN TAMPA AND GETS
READY FOR BUSINESS.
CONGRESS NATIONAL IN ITS SCOPE.
Dvlifito* From All Hortloim of the Coun¬
try In Attendnnoo- Temporary
Organization Effected.
Tlio National Fishery congress con¬
vened at Tampa, Fla , at noon Wed¬
nesday in the Tampa Bay hotel audi¬
torium, with a good attendance of del¬
egates from all sections of the country.
The congress was callod to order by
Mayor Myron E. Gillet, of Tampa,
who delivered a brief address of wel¬
come on behalf of the city.
A temp rary organization was then
—perfected, temporary Mayor Gillet being made
chairman, nnd Secretary
of the board of trade,
temporary secretary. The following
committeo was then appointed: W. E.
Meehan, of Pennsylvan a; M. E. Gil¬
let, of Florida; Hon. S. G. McLendon,
af Georgia; Hon. A. A. Wiley, of Ala¬
bama; Dr. H. M. Smith, of Washing¬
ton; F. Q. Brown, of Massachusetts,
and General Patrick Houston, of Flor¬
ida, to pass on credentials and to per¬
fect a permanent organization.
The congress then adjourned to
meet Thursday morning.
Dr. Hugh M. Smith, of the United
States fish commission, will bo made
permanent secretary. Tbo United
States fish commission’s propagating
car and steamer are both anchored in
Tampa Bay, and attract general inter¬
est.
CONGRESS OF COMMERCIAL MEN
To Meet In Tampa, Fla.—Gov. Bloxliam
Issues Invitations.
A Tallahassee, Fla., dispatch says:
Governor Bloxliam has issued the fol¬
lowing invitation:
“We respectfully extend to tho gov¬
ernors of the southern nnd western
states an invitation to attend the fifth
annual session of tho South and West
Commercial congress, to convene at
Tampa, Fla., February 8, 9 and 10,
1898.
“We nl-o respectfully request the
governors of the southern nnd western
states to appoint delegates to this con-
gress, which should command the enr-
nest attention of all good citizens.
“Trusting that this congress will
received the consideration it deserves
and prove beneficial to all concerned.
(Signed) “W. D. Bloxiiam,
“Governor of Florida.”
The principal objects of tho congress
are to consider ibe means to increase
the interchange of alt merchandise nnd
manufactured articles between the
south and west nnd to promote the
movement of grain and all other pro¬
ducts of the western states to southern
distributing markets and through
southern ports for export.
All the governors, commercial or¬
ganizations, municipal governments
nnd transportation companies of the
south and west have been requested
to appoint delegates to this congress.
A great many have already responded
and the success of the-congress is now
assured.
Excursions to points of interest on
the gulf of Mexico and other forms of
entertainment will he provided for
delegates and their friends.
The congress will convene on Tues¬
day, February 8, at tbo Tampa Bay
hotel auditorium. The sessions will
continue three days.
For general information, communi¬
cate with H. Cunningham, secretary
of the Tampa board of trade, Tampa,
Fla.
WITNESSES KKEP “MUM.”
Refuse to Answer questions In Hanna
Bribery Investigation.
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch says:
The investigation into the charges of
bribery in the recent election of United
States senator reached a crisis Wed¬
nesday night. No matter what may
bo tlie result of the investigation, there
will likely be several witnesses arrest¬
ed for contempt.
When tho committee found that ad¬
vice of attorneys was being followed
uniformly by nil witnesses called, the
ope n session was closed and the com-
mitteo went into executive session on
plans for further procedure.
CARTER TRIAL DRAGS.
Witness Tells of Some Things Unfavorable
to the Defendant.
A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says:
The courtniartial of Captain O. M.
Carter dragged along slowly Friday.
Mr. A. S. Cooper, assistant engineer
under the accused, was on the stand
all day. interesting testimony
His most was
that tho Atlantic Contracting company
boosted Captain Carter into the court
of St. James on the Nicaragua com¬
mission. He reiterated the statement
that the work in the harbor was not
tip to specifications, and that he called
Captain Carter’s attention to this
without effect.
HOUSE SEEKS INFORMATION.
Committee Will Report Favorably on
William Ruiz Resolution.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house committee on foreign affairs
Friday agreed to make a favorable re¬
port on the resolution of Representa¬
tive Williams, of Mississippi, asking
the state department for information
on the Ruiz case.
There was no division over the res-
olution and the vote was unanimous
in favor of reporting it. j
DISCUSSED CUBAN MATTER.
Party lines Are Closely Drawn In Con¬
gressional Debate.
A Washington special says: All day
long Wednesday the question of grant¬
ing belligerent rights to tho Cuban
insurgents was argued in the house,
but as on the previous day, the minori¬
ty hurled itself against a stone wall.
In tho only vote taken during tho
day—a motion designated to overrule
the decision of ihe speaker and direct
tho committee on foreign affairs to
report without further delay the Cuban
resolution passed by tho senate at the
last session—tho republicans stood
solid and voted to sustain the chair.
The galleries were banked to the
doors and there was considerable ex¬
citement throughout the early part of
the session, when tho members of the
minority were successively pressing
nil sorts of amendments bearing on
the Cuban question for tho purpose of
embarrassing the majority.
During the debate Chairman Hitt, of
the foreign affairs committee, made an
impressive speech explaining at length
the situation which made action by
congress inadvisable. He spoke with
impassioned words of the president’s
sympathy with the struggle for Cuban
independence and the achievements of
the present administration.
The release of American prisoners
in Cuba, the recall of Weyler, the
abandonment of the policy of concen¬
tration and the autonomy scheme he
attributed to tho lirrn attitude of the
president, and contrasted these results
with the inaction of the last adminis¬
tration. He averred that belligerent
rights could not aid the insurgents’
cause and perhaps the most dramatic
portion of his speech came when ho
declared that the insurgents only
wished for belligerent rights in the
hope and belief that this country
would be embroiled in a war with
Spain, which would give them their
freedom w ith our triumph. He assert¬
ed that the president must assume the
responsibility of any action which
might eventuate in war and appealed
to both sides of the chamber to patri¬
otically support the executive if a
crisis shall come.
M’XILLIN LED IN CAUCUS.
He Receiver Thirty-Nine Votes "While
Toy]or Runs Last.
A Nashville dispatch says: The dem¬
ocratic caucus to nominate a candidate
for United States senator met Wednes¬
day night and took seven ballots with¬
out result. Thero was no material
change in the ballots, McMillin re¬
ceiving within six votes of enough to
nominate, and Senator Turley running
second with thirty votes.
The magic of Governor Taylor’s
name failed to cause the stampede so
confidently predicted by his friends,
and he received the same nineteen
votes on each of the seven ballots.
Every possible effort has been made
to change the supporters of McMillin,
but the men who voted for him are
stickers, nnd are certain to stand
by him. They are assured of enough
votes to nominate whenever the break
comes, no matter whether Taylor or
Turley is the first to withdraw.
The larger number of votes would
come to McMillin from Taylor, but
enough would be received if Senator
would out of the
M’COMAS’ FRIENDS DISAPPOINTED
Second Senatorial Ballot Fell Short, of
Tlieir Expectations.
The Maryland senate and house met
in joint session again Wednesday and
after casting one ballot for United
States senator to succeed Arthur P.
Gorman adjourned until Thursday.
The ballot resulted as follows:
MeComas 36, Slmw 11, Shryock 2,
Milliken 2, Barber (>, Warner 1, Gor¬
man 46, Findlay 2, Parran 6, Lowndes
1; total 113. Necessary to a choice 57.
Absent 4.
The outcome of the day’s balloting
was a distinct disappointment to the
followers of Judge MeComas, they
having confidently expected a gain of
at least eight more votes than they
got.
FIFTY RODIES RECOVERED.
Gaft Explosion in Russian Mines Was
Fearfully Fatal.
A later dispatch from Charkoff, Rus¬
sia, says that the bodies of fifty vic¬
tims of the gas explosion in one of the
mines of the Donetzaer company in
the Taganrog district have been extri¬
cated. It is' feared others were killed.
Three of the eighteen injured in the
explosion have since succumbed.
RULES FOR PENSION LAWYERS.
CoinmiHsloncr Evans Will Simplify Sys¬
tem Now In Vogue.
Commissioner Evans, of the pension
office, has in preparation a new set of
regulations governing the practice of
attorneys before and the adjudication
of claims in the office. Thr effort will
be made to simplify to soroj extent the
methods now in vogue of adjudicating
claims but without in any manner les¬
sening the requirements imposed up¬
on pensioners to show cause why their
claims should be allowed and to re¬
lieve the embarassment which results
from different constructions of the
laws by successive administrations of
the pension office.
NO RELIEF FOR CHURCH.
House of Representatives Discusses Ap¬
peal From Book Publishing House.
A Washington special says: There
was a parliamentary struggle in the
house Friday over the bill for the re¬
lief of the book publishing company
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, which was before the house last
Friday. By shrewd maneuvering, its
opponents succeeded in preventing ac-
tion for the time being.
GRAY. JONHS 00., GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 27 1898.
PRESIDENT MAY BE FORCED TO
ACT IN CUBAN MATTER.
CURRENCY REFORM MAY GO UNDER
Report That President Meltlnloy Is Pre¬
paring Special Message Palling For
Cash to Transport Troops.
A Washington special of Friday
says: Cuban news is still flying fast
and furious about tho cnpitol. One
story was put in circulation thnt tho
president was preparing a special mes¬
sage in which he would ask for
$1,900,000 for tho transportation of
troops. This nud other reports were
followed by denials, and there seems
no way of getting at the truth of any
of them.
Ono thing is certain, however, and
that is that the administration is
greatly alarmed at the situation
in the house of representatives.
It was this phase of the situation
that had the cabinet in session Friday.
The Cuban matter took up all the time
of the president and his members. As
grave as the situation is on account of
the attitude of the Spanish, it is as
serious in the eyes of the administra¬
tion ns the attitude of the republicans
in the house.
Currency Reform May Fail.
The dentil knell of all efforts at cur¬
rency reform was sounded in the sen¬
ate at Friday’s session.
A premonition of it was given Thurs¬
day in the decisive vote by which the
Stanley Matthews resolutions were
given tho right of way over everything
else; Friday the fate of all the various
efforts to pass such reform laws as will
“commit this country more thorough¬
ly to the gold standard” was settled.
The opponents of these resolutions
had made a careful study of tho situa¬
tion and when Senator Vest asked that
a time be set for a final vote on the
resolutions, tho republican leaders
evinced a desire that they be given
their dose at the soonest moment pos¬
sible. This was a surprise to the sil¬
ver men, who bad expected to be told
that the resolutions would not be al¬
lowed to go through the senate with¬
out the hardest kind of a fight.
An agreement was reached that there
shall be a vote next Thursday. In
the meantime thero will be several
speeches. Senators Turpin and Stew¬
art have already given notice of their
intentions in this respect and some of
the republicans will set forth their
views. Those western republicans who
have been talking silver are to be
smoked out. They will vote for tho
resolutions, and its passage by so de¬
cided a vote will bo formal notice to
tho houso that there is no need of that
body wasting its time in tho considera¬
tion of tho Gage bill, the commission
bill or any of those other measures ad¬
vanced in the name of reform and
pushed for the purpose so frankly
stated by tho secretary of the treasui y
—to commit the country more thor¬
oughly to tho gold standard.
A Denial From Mr. Quay.
At the opening of tho senate’s ses¬
sion Friday Mr. Quay,of Pennsylvania,
said that he had noticed in the morn¬
ing newspapers that he had voted for
the consideration of the Teller resolu¬
tion because the senator from Missou¬
ri (Mr. Vest) bad asked him to do so.
This, Mr. Quay said, was not true in
any sense, as he had not conferred
with the Missouri senator about it. Ho
had voted as he had, said ho, because
he thought tho present consideration
of the resolution would benefit the
country and the republican party.
BIG IMPORTS OF LUMBER.
I)u« to Demand for Tonnage to Engage In
AlaHkan Trade.
A San Fraucisco dispatch says:
During the past 48 hours 17 vessels,
carrying in the aggregate more than :
four million feet of lumber,have passed i
in through the golden lumber gate. This ar- j
rival of so many laden vessels '
is duo wholly to the unprecedented
demand for tonage to engage in the
Alaskan The arrival trade. of tho fleet relieves to j
gicat extent, situation in the lumber a j !
n
market created by the same demand
that will cause a scarcity of lumber
carriers.
DOLE WILL BE HONORED.
McKinley Will Sen Thnt Hawaiian Presi¬
dent I* Well Entertained,
A Washington special says: Presi- :
dent Dole, of tho Hawaiian Islands, 1
will be given a royal welcome when be
arrives at tlio capital. President Me- j
Kinley has decided that he shall be
considered as tbo nation’s guest, and
no means will be spared to entertain
him in a lavish manner.
Tlie official tour of the Hawaiian
president will begin at Chicago. The
president will send government offi-
cials to meet him en route, ami all
honor will be shown him as the guest
of tho nation.
EXPLOSION KILLS FORTY.
Mine of Doncfzear Company In Russln
Wrecked By Gas.
Advices received Tuesday from St.
Petersburg, Russia, sny that forty
persons were killed outright and eigh¬
teen others injured by an explosion of
gas in one of the mines of the Donet-
zear company, in the Tageurog dis¬
trict, on the north shore of the sea of
Azov, The mine was campletely
wrecked.
STRIKERS HOLD THEIR OYYN.
Throng!* Sympathy Thoy are Gaining Re-
emits On All Stiles.
A special from Boston, Mass., says:
Tho sum total of new features in
Thursday’s programme of the textile
troubles was the shutting down of tho
Uabot mill, at Brunswick, Me., be¬
cause of desertion of help in sympathy
with striking weavers, and tho an¬
nouncement. that a small mill of the
Social Manufacturing Company, at
Woonsocket, li. I., would shut down
for a few days for a lack of orders.
A side issue brought up during the
dny was labor legislation in tho Massa¬
chusetts legislature.
It w ill be remembered that the Ark¬
wright Company, in recommending a
cut-down of wages, laid stress upon
tho competition of southern mills
through a longer working day. Tho
club furthermore urged tho repeal of
tho restrictive measures in force in
Massachusetts.
With tho first inkling of an attempt
to carry out this recommendation labor
representativesiiYthe house introduced
bills for new legislation for a 56-bour
week, no over time for women and
children and to investigate the present
textile situation. So. on tlio fourth dny
of tho strike tho popular interest was
directed to legislative halls rather than
to New Bedford.
In Fall River the discontent is grow¬
ing nud the mill officials know it and
are apprehensive.
Forecasting the future, the evidences
of stubbornness of the operatives in
'defending their position is shown in
Biddeford, Me., where arrangements
for serving strike rations are being
made. There the citizens, even Chi¬
nese laundrymen, are contributing
money and societies arc offering nil
sorts of aid.
Tho strike may assume accute con¬
ditions there sooner than at any other
place, judging from local indication#.
TIMES ANTICIPATES TROUBLE.
London Paper Discusses Representative
Hitt’s Speech on the Cuban Question.
The London Times, in an editorial
on Representative Hitt’s speech in the
house of representatives a dny or two
ago, says: President McKin¬
“We assume that
ley does not wish his hand to be forced
by the opposite party. He does pot
want war with Spain, because his
heart is set upon promoting the eco¬
nomical and commercial development
of the United Spates. Yet it seems
doubtful whether he will prove strong
enough to resist the pressure brought
to bear upon him. One of the usual
knleidoscopic changes in American
politics has just been effected. The
Cuban question is evidently much
graver than it was two days ago, and
the government is not any stronger.
An accident may precipitate any¬
thing.” __
UNANIMOUS ASSENT LACKING.
liquidation Flan of Chestnut Street Nn-
tlonnl Bank May Fall Through.
With Thursday expired the period
set by the comptroller of currency for
the receipt of depositors’ nssets to the
plan of voluntary liquidation propos¬
ed for ibe Chestnut Street National
bank at. Philadelphia. and
Unanimous assent is necessary
it was stated that all the depositors
hud been favorably heard from except
a very few.
Apart from the few withdrawing de¬
positors, (lie state has not yet assented
to the plan and it lias an account in
this bank of $205,900 from tbo stato
treasurer, and this may prove a stum¬
bling block to the success of the plan.
OBJECTED TO AGREEMENT.
Many Hundred Men Thrown Out of Work
By Michigan Ship Builders.
Wheeler & Co.’s shipyards at Bay
City, Mich., shut down Thursday
morning, throwing 700 men out of
work, as a result of the riveters refus¬
ing to accept a 7 per cent increase in
wages.
The riveters lmd been on a strike
several days, trying to obtain the same
scale of wages paid in 1896.
When-the riveters declined the com-
pany’s offer of increase, the company
resolved to close the yard and endeav-
or to employ an entirely now force,
The riveters would have accepted the
proffered increase had they not been
required to sign an agreement not to
„ot as a body, but as individuals, and
to agree that the company retain 10
per cent of their wages as a forfeit
against quitting without its consent.
CHARGES AGAINST ZOLA.
lie Will Be Prosecuted For Alleged Libel¬
ous Publication.
A Paris special says: The minister
of war, General Billot, lias lodged
with the minister of justice a formal
complaint against M. Emile Zola and
the manager of the Aurora,
The Aurora on January 1st pnblish-
ed an open letter from M. Emile Zola
to President Faure pointing out irreg-
ulorities in the court martial of Major
Count Esterhazy and formally accus-
ing the minister for war and tho in-
vestigation officers of conniving with
the irregularities, and alleging thnt
ono of the witnesses was guilty of per-
jury, nnd challenging the government
to prosecute him.
RECOMMENDS 1>A YMENT.
McKinley So ggentn #2,000 Be Paid Helm
of Morcna, who Wri Lynched.
President McKinley Tuesday sent
to the senate a message with the re-
port from the secretary of the treasury
relating the lynching, iu 1894, nt Yre-
ka, Cal., of-Louis Morcna, a Mexican
citizen, and the demand of the Mexi-
can government for indemnity.
The president recommends that the
sum of $2,000 to be paid the govern-
of Mexico,
LEGISLATURE REGINS BALLOTING
FOR VARIOUS CANDIDATES.
GORMAN MAY HAVE A CHANCE.
Present Incumbent Was leading on First
Hound, Hut Republican* Are Hudly
Split as to Choice.
The first ballot in the Maryland leg¬
islature for a successor to Arthur P.
Gorman in the United States senate
was taken at Annapolis Tuesday, each
branch balloting separately with tho
following result:
MeComas, 81; Show, 11; Shyroek,
3; Findlay, 2; Pnrrnn, 6: Mulliken, 1;
Barber, 6; Urno, 1; Gorman, 43; Lown¬
des, 1; Page, 1, Total, 101). Neces¬
sary to a choice, 55.
Tho candidates are Judge Louis E.
MeComas, of Washington county; Ma¬
jor Alexander Slmw, General Thomas
J. Shyroek, ex-Congressmaa V. Find¬
lay, all of Baltimore city; Thomas
l’arrnn, Colonel J. C. Mulliken, Con¬
gressman Isaac A. Harbor and Milton
G. Turner.
But one ballot was taken and this
leaves the situation as much involved
in uncertainly as it was before the
voting began. The preliminary skir¬
mishing has been attended with great
bitterness and dissonsion in tho ranks
of the republicans, who have a con¬
siderable majority in both houses. rendered it
These dissensions have
impossible to bring about, a republi¬
can caucus and there seems to be lit¬
tle probability that this method of set¬
tling tho dispute will bo resorted to
in tho near future.
Tho first break in the republican
ranks came two weeks ago, when
eleven members of the house delegates
from Baltimore city refused to caucus
on the speakership and by effecting a
coalition with the democrats elected
ono of their own number to that office.
Numerous attempts have since been
made to got the seeeders back in lino,
but they remain in tlieir position.
Without at. least two of their number
the republicans are powerless to demo¬ elect
any one and with the aid of the
cratic vote the “faithful eleven,” as
they have been nicknamed, may at any
time elect a man of ilicir own choos¬
ing, or cause a deadlock until the end
of the session. With this possibility
in view the democrats are using every
possible means to foment the discord.
Such a situation naturally gives rise
to all manner of conjecture and specu¬
lation and there are many who believe
that it may yot bo possible for Senator
Gorman to succeed himself, if ho can
carry the next legislature election in
November, 1899. This possibility democratic is,
however, admitted by the
leaders to be a very remote one.
IMPERSONATED THE DEVIL.
Young Mini Causes Stnmpoile of a Cliurrh
Congregation.
At Bourbon, Tnd., Rev. Mr. Akin,
pastor of the flock of Bethel church,
took for bis theme at an evening ser¬
vice “His Satanic Majesty.” He
painted tho arch-fiend in vivid colors.
At tlio close of the description, a bo-
ing dressed to represent a devil with
large head nnd switching tail ambled
up tbo aisle, blowing smoko from liis
nostrils and bellowing:
“I am the devil, and I want all of
you!” audience became panic-stricken.
The
Mon, women and children were hurled
to the floor and trampled upon in tho
mad rush for tho door. In the confu¬
sion the stove was overturned and the
building caught fire. Before tho hor¬
rified members regained their senses
the fire bad made such headway that
all attempts to save the church were
in vain. George Akin, son of the
pastor, confessed that lie, with the
help of oilier boys, rigged up the
devil suit, knowing the subject of his
father’s sermon.
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
Bituminous Coni Minor* nnd Operator*
Meet, to Settle Wage Settle.
The interstate joint convention of
bituminous coal miners and operators
assembled at Chicago Tuesday methodical [ire-
pared to do business in a
ruanner. The stato delegation bad
been thoroughly organized and scale
committees bad been named.
COMMANDER STUBBS DEPOSED.
Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans
Pans Resolutions.
The advisory council of the grand
camp Confederate Veterans of Virginia
met at Lynchburg Thursday noon to
consider the Stubbs case. After con¬
siderable debate the following resolu¬
tion was adopted by a vote of 21 to 10:
“Resolved, That we, the council,
find upon examination of tlio evidence
before ns that Commander Stubbs has
not been guilty of receiving a bribe,
but we do find that he should no
longer he in command of the grand
camp or a member of the history com¬
mittee of the grand camp.”
THIRTY HOUSES BURNED.
Tlio Town of KamlMbury, Cal , Swept By
* icnc I lai H
* ire broke out Wednesday in a va-
can ^ building in. Randsbnry, Cal.,
nu ^ spread so rapidly that more than
thirty structures were consumed,
Everything was swept clean on both
sides . of Rand street from Staley a\e-
nue to above the Elite theater and on
« portion of Broadway. I his includes
the post-office and some of the hugest
stores in the camp and will entail a
loss close on to $100,000.
VOL. l.V. NO. 5.
M’KENNA WILL HE CONFIRMED.
Notwithstanding the Fight Amalmt Him
Ho Will Go On Supreme Bench.
The Senate devoted its prinoipal
attention in executive session Friday
to the nomination of Attorney General
McKenna to ho a Justice of the
supreme oourt of the United States.
When the doors were closed the
Hawaiian treaty was laid nsido in
order to afford opportunity to con¬
sider the McKenna nomination nud
other nominations.
An effort was made to secure the
confirmation of the nomination of
General Longstreet, to l>o commis¬
sioner of railroads, but Senator Vest
mado objection to immediate action,
and the nomination went over until
another day.
Mr. Vest did not state his objections
beyond mentioning the fnet that thoy
were not personal.
The nomination of Attorney General
McKenna was then taken up in accord¬
ance with the agreement reached last,
week to dispose of tho nomination Fri¬
day.
Senator Allen immediately took the
floor iu continuation of his attack
upon tho attorney general. He pre¬
sented a large number of documents
in support of his contention Hint Mr.
McKenna was not competent to dis¬
charge tho duties of the high office of
justico of the supreme bench.
Senator Allen had before him tho
charges filed with the committee ou
judiciary, which he road at length.
This comprised a largo number of let¬
ters, some resolutions and tho protost
of lawyers and judgos of the Pacific
coast charging that McKenna is unfit
for the high office of supreme court
justice on tho ground of a want of
legal attainments.
The senator commented at length
upon this latter document, and was
interrupted by Senator Perkins, of
California, who read a published de-
fenso of Judge McKenna, giving stat¬
istics to show that he had not, as
judge of the California federal court,
been more frequently reversed by su¬
perior tribunals than had other judges
of tho same rank.
There were also other interruptions
during devoid the day, but tbo proceedings
were of general interest.
Mr. Allen spoke for about three
hours. He said he was convinced of
Mr. McKenna’s uufltness for the office.
He did not insist upon a roll call when
the vote was taken, nnd the vote was
overwhelmingly favorable to confirma¬
tion.
TAYLOR GAINS FOUR VOTES.
Tennessee Legislators Strive Unvalllngly
To Nominate Senator.
A Nashville special says: Fiftoeu bal¬
lots wore taken in the democratic caucus
Friday night without nominating a
candidate for senator. The first bal¬
lot was tho same as tho last ballot of
Thursday night, but tbo lust ballot be¬
fore adjournment showed a loss of four
votes for Turley and a corresponding
gain for Governor Taylor.
Tho Taylor men aro greatly elated
over the gain and the McMillin men
consider the situation improved, as
thoy aro assured of several more than
enough votes to nominate from the
Turley ranks whenever he becomes
tbo third man in tho race.
THE MARYLAND CONTEST.
Fourth Dny of Balloting For Honfttor
Found Situation Unchanged.
A special from Annapolis, Md., says:
The fourth day of balloting for a
United States senator from Maryland
found tho situation practically un¬
changed. No ono looks for an elec¬
tion for some days, and tho feeling is
growing that the only way to settle the
matter is by the withdrawal of both
Sliaw and MeComas in favor of a com¬
promise candidate.
Tho friends of ex-Congressman John
Van Lear confidently ussert that in
such an event the mantle will fall up¬
on his shoulders.
The following was tho result of tho
sixth ballot on tho senatorial fight la-
ken at noon Friday: MeComas 43,
Gorman 40, Findlay 2, Shyroek, 2,
Mullikin 2, Barber 17, Slmw 1.
FRENCH BUY CHINESE SHIPS.
Sim Will Convert it Number of Steamer.
Into Transport VewfilH.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
China, received at London, says that
France 1ms purchased three Chinese
steamers and is trying to acquire oth-
ers for the purpose of converting them
into transports. According to the same
dispatch, the Japanese squadron sailed
from Yokohama Saturday for Japanese
waters.
GLADSTONE FAILING.
Report* a* to III* Health Causes tin
Gravest Anxiety.
The Pall Mail Gazette (London) in
its issue of Wednesday afternoon
made the following announcement in
big tyrie:
“With deep regret we learn on most
excellent authority that Mr. Glad¬
stone’s health causes the gravest anxi¬
ety to those about him. His sojourn
nt Cannes lias not had the effect of
fortifying bis strength as anticipated.”
The news placards of the Pall Mall
Gazette read: “Critical condition of
Mr. Gladstone.” Tho announcement
is causing much excitement.
COAL BOATS WRECKED.
Fourteen Barge* Struck By Storm and
Sunk- Two of the Crew Drowned.
The towboat Jo B. Williams, with a
tow of sixty coal boats, was caught in
the storm near Leavenworth, Indiana,
Wednesday night.
Fourteen of tlio coal boats wore
sunk and two of the steamer’s crew
were washed overboard and drowned.
The boat was battered up considera¬
bly, but was afterward able to proceed
on her way south.
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A QUESTION OF VERACITY SPRUNG
BETWEEN THEM.
TELLER RESOLUTION CALLED UP,
Silver Advocates In Hie Senate Win a Point
Over Stubborn Opposition and
Stroii}; Tarty Uneft*
A Washington special says: Speake#
lleed, from the rostrum of the house*
and Mr. Bailey, leader of the demo*
orats, from his placo ou the floor,
glarod at each other at tho close of tho
Cuban debate Thursday and joined an
issue of veracity. This sensational
episode completely overshadowed tho
interest in tho Cuban debate, which
had continued uninteruptedly in tho
house for throe days, during the con¬
sideration of tho diplomatic nnd con¬
sular appropriation bill.
Wednesday notice was given by Mr.
Williams, democrat, of Mississippi,
that at tho conclusion of the debate
Thursday a motion would be made to
recommit tho bill with instructions.
When tho motion was made by Mr.
Bailey it was ruled out of order by the
speaker. the
Mr. Bailey thereupon startled had
house by aflirming that bo had a>
private understanding with the speaker
by which a voto should be taken di¬
rectly on the motion to recommit.
This the speaker emphatically de¬
nied nnd tlieso two lenders of their re¬
spective parties in the house, with
white faces and voices shaken by emo¬
tion, sot their statements against each
other’s while the gallories looked on
in breathless amazement nnd the
members were in an uproar. Mr.
Bmith, of Michigan, who said he was
present, corroborated the speaker's
side of tho caso. The result of the
speaker’s position was that an appeal
was taken from his decision and by a
strict party vote it was laid on the ta¬
ble—IBS to 114, the democrats and
populists, as on the two previous days,
voting against tho solid republican
strength. not
Tho debate during the day was
as interesting as on either of the two
preceding days. The fentures were a
characteristic speech by Champ Clark,
of Missouri, a strong appeal for con¬
servatism from Mr. Johnson, Indiana,
a presentation of the results of his
observations in Cuba during bis re¬
cent trip to the island, from King,
democrat, of Utah, and an hour speech
by Mr. Dingloy, of Maine, in explana¬
tion of the causes of the reduction of
the wages of the New England cotton
industry. Missis¬
Mr. Williams, democrat, of
sippi a number of the foregn affairs
committee, followed. Ho sneered at
tho statement of Mr. Hitt that the
granting of belligerent rights to tho
Cubans would afford them no advan-
tnge.
Ho described the harrowing condi¬
tions there, characterized the scheme
of autonomy as a delusion, and de¬
clared if peace came on that basis
Spain would saddle the war debt on
Cuba. There would bo resistance and
once more the fires of revelation would
bo kindled. Permanent peace would
not come to tho island until indepen¬
dence was achieved.
Teller Resolution In the Senate.
Silver's control of tho senate was
again demonstrated Thursday on a di¬
rect voto which was an unequivocal
test of the feeling of senators on the
question. Senator Vest, in accordance
When
with previous notice, callod up the
Stanley Matthews resolution nnd mov¬
ed tho consideration, tho gold men
made an effort to defeat this by mov¬
ing an executive session.
The lines were clearly drawn. On
the one side were the gold men, on
tho other those strongly for silver and
some who are inclined that way.
The result was the defeat of the mo¬
tion by Mr. Lodge for executive ses¬
sion by a vote of 27 yeas to 39 nays.
Then, on Mr. Vest’s direct motion
that the resolutions favorably reported
by tlio finance committee be taken up
for consideration, the vote was 41 yeas
to 25 nays.
This means that the silver resolu¬
tions now have the right of way as tho
unfinished business of the senate.
COLLEGE STUDENTS FIGHT.
Bloody Riot Precipitated In Which Much
Driihico Wan Done.
A class fight, which ended in a
bloody riot, took place among the
students of Franklin college, the Bap¬
tist institution of Indiana, Tuesday.
The seniors and sophomores on one
hand and the juniors and freshmen on
the other have been clashing for some
time, and the crisis came when the
junior flag was seen floating over the
college. The senior-sophomore crowd
gained the roof of tho building and
tore down the banner, precipitating an
exciting struggle.
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
Traill No. 37 of the Atlantic Count I,inB
Collide* With a Bocal.
Train No. 37, of the Atlantic Coast
Line from New York to Florida, and
No. 52, local from Charleston to Co¬
lumbia, H. C., collided about eight
miles west of Charleston Friday morn¬
ing at 7:17 o’clock.
Two men were killed and. a number
of others injured. The dead aje:
Robert James, fireman of No. 37; Wes¬
ley Bishop, fireman of No. 52; both
colored.