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AT THE CAPITAL VTIIA T THE FIFTY FIRST CON- GUESS IS DOING . irrorsTMKXTS by president harrison— MEASURES OF NATIONAL, IMPORTANCE AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. rhe senate consumed , all day rhursdaj . ff ,on > d,s<1lsM "8 ’ cst '° d o w.th newjpaper cor- respondents who persisted m printing their secret session news. The idea of jailing the correspondents unless they will tell the source of their informa¬ tion, has practically been abandoned. Dozens of other suggestions were made, and nearly every senator present had a word to say, but all propositions again were voted down, and adjournment was had without a decision upon any plan. As matters now stand, many senators are very much annoyed. Indeed, they are angry, but there seems only one solution, the abolishment of ‘‘dark lantern' 5 ses¬ sions. In the house, on Friday morning. Mr. Haugen, of the committee on elections, rejKjrtcd a resolution in the Alabama con¬ tested election case of Threet vs. Clark. The resolution, which was unanimously reported, declared Clark entitled to retain his seat, it was adopted. The house then went into committe of the whole on the private calendar. The house in its evening session adjourned. passed fifty private pen¬ sion bills and After the usual morning business on Friday in the way of the presentation of petitions and of the introduction and re¬ lating of bills, the senate proceeded to the consideration of bills on the calendar. Public buildings on the calendar having been reached, the following Oakland,Cal., were passed : For Sterling, IIIs.,$50,000; $800,000 ;0hyenne, Wyo..$150,000; Ches- tcr, Pa.,$100,000; Helena, Mt., $400,000. I he senator from New Hampshire Mr. Blair again attacked the press of the country. He went on to speak of the Ron ton I Urn hi, Boston Globes qnj\ New {'.„ urie r against ft ft educa- tional hill and said that everydej^pcratic paper in New’ lork advocated at,., mean- \ that connection, the lie will, 1, me*, b vrld and Lmumj Font. After a short wccjitive session, the senate adjourned till In the house on Saturday Mr. Me- Creary, of Kentucky, from the commit- tee on foreign affairs, reported a rcsolu- tion requesting from the president any correspondence with the Mexican gov- in orument in regard to the mted employment the regu.ai army o! the l States of Indian scouts tor the purpose of pur- suing hostile Indians m their raids into terutoiies ol the l mted States; and any cor respend t-ce m regard to the proposed transfer ol the Apache and < hincahua Indians irom Mount \ ernon barracks Alabama, to lor llill, Indian Territory. Adopted.... 1 he morning hour was consumed in the discussion ot the hill providing for the compulsory attendance of witnesses be- fore which registers passed. and receivers of land offices, was The house then, in committee of the whole, resumed consid¬ eration of public building measures. A great number of bills for public building were called up and discussed. The The bills committee to the house, then arose which aud immediately reported found itself in a small deadlock. There was no quorum to pass the bills. Pend¬ ing further discussion the house ad¬ journed. privileges and The senate committee on elections, after a long session on Satur¬ day, considering the contested Montana seaatorship, by a party vote decided to recommend to the senate that Power and Saunders, the republican senators, be seated. NOTES. A bill was reported from the committee on agriculture on Thursday to transfer the weather bureau to the agricultural depart¬ ment. The comptroller of currency lias au¬ thorized the Anniston National bank, of Anniston, Ala., to begin business with a capital of $100,000. The agricultural committee on Friday postponed the vote on the compound lard hill for a week. The southern men feet more hopeful aud are working like beavers to defeat it. Postmaster-General Wanamaker and wife, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs. McKee, will leave Washington for a trip to Flori¬ da where they will spent about two weeks. Attorney-General Miller has received information from the United States mar¬ shal of Alabama, of depredations timber, on gov¬ and ernment lands, i:i seizing alsc of his taking charge of several saw¬ mills. It has been charged pending in the prosecution New York Time* that the against the civil service commission is a conspiracy, into which the officials president and prominent republican have entered for the purpose of wrecking the reform system, aud substituting the old spoils system. Speaker Reed called all his chairmen ol committees together, Thursday morning, and gave them strict instructions to hold down the appropriations. He said he was determined that the Democratic pre¬ dictions that this would be the most ex¬ travagant administration iu the history of this country should not prove correct. The sub-committee on the world's fair made encouraging progress towards the completion of their bill at Saturday's meeting. The Chicago visiting delega¬ tion were present and the sub-committee turned the bill over to them with instruc¬ tions to go over it very carefully, line by line, and suggest such changes as in their opinion were necessary to make the mea¬ sure meet the _ge£jja of Chicago. ] Representative Taylor, of Illinois, on Thursday, introduced in the house a bill I ro provide for the establishment of a sys- I tem of g° vernment telegraphs, for the use of the government and the people, and to . ! be operated as a part of the postal system. Jt provides that a board,consisting War of the | Secretary of State, Secretary of and Postmaster General shall cause to be built or shall buy lines of telegraph, wherein it it the opinion such are needful to the pur- poses of the government. The direct .« bill w», ’ on Friday, re- , bac . k tho houso t„„„ the jndi- J committee, ... accompanied • i i by • ciary major- ity and minority reports. The majority report says that the views on the bill last year meet the approval of the majority, and are adopted by them in reporting the bill back this year. The minority report says that the veto message of ex- President Cleveland is so accurate and lucid in statement, so cogent in reason¬ ing and logical in deduction, that the minority adopts it as expressing their views on the bill. Senator Alison, the great republican tariff leader, created a sensation in polit¬ ical circles, on Friday, by coming out in au interview in which he plainly leading and dis¬ tinctly goes back on the feature of the republican platform outlined in the Chicago convention. He says; “You may say that I am in favor of a deep cut on sugar. I will not say that I favor the abolition of the duty and the payment of a bounty. As to tobacco, you may say that I will vote to abolish the tax on it very reluctantly. We will have a hard time explaining the duty on a great many necessities, if we abolish the duty on this great luxury.” THE FARMER’S TALK THE FARMER'S ALLIANCE OF MINNEJO®t MEET IN CONVENTION. The annual session of the Minnesota Farmer’s Alliance met at St. Paul Tuesday, and nearly 400 delegates were present. Deputy State Lecturer Fish painted a dark picture of how farmers nre being robbed by the boards of trade 0 f Minneapolis and Chicago, which raised or lowered the price of wheat as they pleased and held the starving declared, farmers at their mercy. It was time, lie that the big gambling hell in Chicago was wiped out of existence, and if the farmers rose in thefr might this might be accomplished. W. followed S. Grove, in county lecturer, a similar strain during the day. It developed that there were three fae- tions iii the convention, one favoring an endorsement of Albert Sheffer, the re- publican candidate for governor, the sec- ond wanted Merriam, the present gov- eruor, endorsed, and the third wanted the Alliance to break away from all parties, They wmnted to place Ignatius Donnelly tariff in the field on a Farmer’s Alliance re form platform. The Sheffer people are [q pow’er, and will likely remain so. There are now' nearly 770 Alliances in the state, with a total membership of over 8QQ.000. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. BIRMINGHAM, DETROIT AND JONESVILI.E. THE SUFFERERS A special from Birmingham says: The most disastrous fire that ever occurred in that city, broke out in a brick block on 19th street, at 2:30 Sunday morning. The losses and insurance are: E. E. Sew¬ ell, undertaker, on stock $15,000, build¬ ing $25,000, insurance $5,000; Misfit Clothing company, loss $5,000, fully in¬ sured; McGuire & Wood, saloon, loss $3,000, insurance $1,000; Joe Frank, wholesale liquor dealer, stock dam* aged by water, fully insured.... At Detroit, Mich., Fire was discovered Sunday morning in the rear of Gray A Baffy’s six-story brick furniture factory, which was totally destroyed. The Car- roll A Hunter Chair company establish¬ ment, the Ostler Printing company and Carroll Cigar manufactory, caught next and were burned to the ground. This is the largest tire Detroit has experienced since D. M. Ferry's seed store fire, in January, 1886. when the loss ran into the millions. The total loss is estimated at $250,000, partly insured... .Fire broke out at Janesville, S. C.Sunday night at 12 o'clock. The following stores were dry burned: J. L. McWhirter A Co., goods; J. L. Swink, Jr., groceries; is J. esti¬ N. Lemaster A Co., drugs. The loss mated at $10,000. with some insurance. A COMPLICATED CASE. A QUESTION OF TITLE TO A YOUNG LADY'* HAND IN MARRIAGE. The register of deeds for Guilford county, N. C., is confronted with a prob¬ lem w hich only the courts can solve. A young lady of that county, who is very charming, has two lovers, and it appears w as engaged to both. On Friday oue ol the young men went to the register ol deeds to procure a marriage license foi himself aud the young lady referred to. He was disappointed beyond expression w’hen he was informed that his rival, whose engagement was previous, had filled a caveat einptor to prevent the issue of the license. The register declined to issue the license uutil the courts had de¬ cided the question of title. BOLD BURGLARS HAKE WAY WITH $4,000 WORTH OF JEW¬ ELRY AND DIAMONDS. Burglars entered the jewelry store of Bob. J. Dunning in Kansas City, Kan., Thursday morning, sledge and broke a safe aud open with a $4,000 ten pound diamonds, hammer rings, sec¬ ured worth of watches and chains. The jewelry in easea was not disturbed. CRAWFORD SHERIFF’S SALES. p EORGIA —Crawford County. —Will |J be sold before the court house in the town of Kuoxville, Ga., within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in April next, the following described property, to-wit: Lot of land No. 77, in the Seventh District of said county, con¬ taining 202 1-2 acres, more or less, levied on under a fi. fa. issued from the Justice Court of the 529th district, G. M., said county, in favor of John A. Houser, vs. B. F. Lee. S. M. Lee and E. S. Lee, as the property of said defendant found in their possession. Levy made by the con¬ stable of said district and turned over to me for sale. Terms, cash. Witness my hand officially, this February 2Gtli, 1890. B. A. HARTLEY, Feb. 23th, ’90. Sheriff. O EORGIA— Crawford County. — W. U J. McGee, Administrator de bonis non of David McGee, deceased,has applied to me for letters dismissory, and such letters will be granted applicant on the first Monday in April next, unless good oLjections are filed. Witness my hand officially, this January 1st 1890. O. P. WRIGHT, Ordinary. Jan. 1st 3m. G EORGIA— Crawford County.— Ed¬ ward Miichell has applied to me for exemption of personalty and valuation homestead. I will pass on same on the first Monday in March next. Witness my hand officially, this Jan. 31st, 1890. O. P.' WRIGIIT, Ordinary. G EORGIA— Crawford County.— James A. Moore and John J. Cham¬ pion, executors of James Roberts, de¬ ceased, have applied to me for letters of dismission from their executorship. filed, will Un¬ less good them objections dismissory are the I first graut letters on Monday in June, 1890. Witness my hand officially this the 4th day of March, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT, Ordinary. p EORGIA— Crawford Coin t y.— UW. Iv. Eubanks Executor of Eligah Eubanks, deceased, has in due form ap¬ plied to me for letters of dismission from his executorship. Euless good objec¬ tions thereto are filed, I will grant to said W. K. Eubanks such letters dismissory on the 1st Monday in June, 1890. Witness my hand officially. O. P. WRIGHT, Ordinary. p EORGIA— Crawford County. —W. |JM. Taylor, administrator of estate of Rufus Carter, deceased, has administration applied for letters dismissory from the will be of said estate, and such letters granted on the first Monday in May Witness next, unless good objections are filed. my hand officially, ‘ this January 27th, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT, jan 31-13 Ordinary. pEORGlA— Crawford Counit. —A. ||C. Pandtis and Jemes M. Sanders, executors of the will ofThos. J. Sanders, deceased, have applied to me for letters dismissory from iheir exccutoiship; therefore all persons concerned are here¬ by required to show cause, if any they have, on the first Monday in May next, why such letters should not be granted. Witness my hand cfticinllv, January 27th, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT, Jan. 31—13t Ordinary. THE QUEEN S INFLUENCE BROUGHT TO BEAR IN THE CASE OF MBS. MAYBRICK. A dispatch from London, England, says: Report is current here that tht queen has about decided to grant pardon to Mrs. Maybrick, the American woman now serving a life time sentence for the alleged poisoning of her husband, Al- though the general petitions in favor of the unfortunate woman were suppressed by tho home secretary, with whom it is en¬ tirely optional w hether or not it shall reach the queen, it is known that over a month ago a memorial, influentially signed by female members of the aristocracy, was successful in reaching her majesty, and indications point to the probable issuance .if a free pardon. A BIG ASSIGNMENT, THE AMOUNT INVOLVED BETWEEN $700,- 000 and $800,000. The general assignment of the brewing firm of Monroe Eckstein A Co., and of Leopold Wertheimer, its surviving part¬ ner. w as filed in court at New York, on Friday. Monroe Eckstein died last June. Wertheimer is the head of the tobacco house of L. A E. Wertheimer at Sau Francisco. E. Wertheimer, of this firm, died and his widow applied for receiver¬ ship for the business in San Francisco. This complication compelled the assign¬ ment. The brewery interest is valuable and the assignees will endeavor to pre¬ serve it. The total amount involved is -tated between $700,000 and $800,000, mostly commertial paper. Preference amount to $123,000. An Anc ent Tomb. Full one-half of the people living and in a radius of five miles of Edgcwater Hocked the Plcasantville, N. J., have to site of the unearthed tomb of the people who at one time ruled that land. Eight skeletons were taken up at one place and others have been found. Among the skeletons was one whose skull was found encased in tortoise shell ornaments, oys¬ ter shells and beads. It is probably that of the once powerful chief Kinewaugha, whose descendants still live along the shore. Four skeletons were dug up there and a little further on more were found. Before the avenue is completed probably hundreds w ill be exhumed. 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Clark Crockery company, at Kansas City, Mo., burned Monday, with the entire contents. Loss, $100,000; fully insured. The German government will form fifty more batteries of artillery, in order to complete the two new army corps, the formation of which was sanctioned by the last reichstag. There was a long meeting of the sugar trust in New York on Thursday, and be¬ fore it had ended interested parties every¬ divi¬ where information that a cash dend of two and a half per cent had been declared for the present quarter. The formal order of Justice O’Brien, of New York, in the sugar trust injunction suit was filed Friday. The order con¬ firms the decision handed down on Feb¬ ruary 11, no changes whatever being made in the provisions which Justice O'Brien then set forth. While trying to cross the river at Johnson’s island, sixteen miles above Knoxville, Tenn., two sous of William Maples and a son of William Baker, were drowneckon Friday. They were in a frail boat which capsized, and the lads perished before aid could be rendered. R. R. Donnelly A Sons, printers of the Chicago city directory, one of the oldest printing and publishing houses in the west, failed on Thursday, with liabilities aggregating $100,000 and assets which, if disposed of at forced sale, will proba¬ bly uot realize more than fifty per cent of the liabilities. A Jefferson City Mo., dispatch investigate says: The committee appointed Treasury to finished the affairs of the State counting the cash on Saturday and have found it $10,000 short. They express the opinion that an examination of the books and papers will increase this some¬ thing over $30,000. At the coffee exchange at New’ York, on Monday, the price for Rio Janeiro cof¬ fee advanced to eighteen cents, the highest point for over a year. About 24,000 call. bags changed hands at the first Before the regular call was over, there was an advance of from thirty to forty points. A dispatch from Zanesville, Ohio, says: J. C. McGregor, reading clerk of the house of representatives, died Friday morning died of dipththeria. .Mrs. death McGregor four one week ago after the of children. Three children are remaining, and Mr. McGregor's father may die, which will make ten deaths in one family from diphtheria. A remarkably bold and successful rob¬ bery took place at the courthouse at Wa¬ bash, Ind., on Thursday. While the corridors of the building were deserted during recess, the county treasurer's office was entered from the main hall, and the money drawer under the pay counter forced with a pair of shears. Several hundred dollars in checks, currency aud silver was taken. The thief then locked the door and departed. Exports of specie from the port of New York, for week ending March 8, amounted to $106,129. of which $219,- 930 was in gold and $046,199 silver. Of the total exports $4,905 in gold and $041,900 in silver went to Europe and $214,166 in gold and $4,299 in silver went to South America. Imports of specie for the week amounted to $473,- 426. of which $415,362 was gold and $58,004 silver. He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who cat suit his temper to any circumstances. PBOFESSIONAL CARDS. R. D, Smith. W. P. Blasingame* SMITH & BLASINGAME, j j ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Knoxville, Ga. Prompt and faithful attention given to. all business entrusted to their care. MOSEY CHEAP ASD EASY. (o') If you want CHEAP AND QUICK MONEY, on easy and liberal terms, you can get it by calling on IV. P. BLASINGAME, Attorney at Law, Knoxville, Ga. DR.W.F. BLASINGAME DENTIST, Knoxville, - - Georgia. I respectfully tender my services in the Practice of Dentistry to the citizens of Knoxville and surrounding country, and will spare no effort to secure my patrons competent work and perfect satisfaction. *-if~Charges Reasonable. HIGH SCHOOL SPRING TERM. Opens January 13. Closes .. .June 27. FALL TERM. Opens...... ......September f. Closes...... ......December 19. Rate of tuition for All Classes, $2 per month. A 'pro rata allowance will l>e made for Public Fund. Each pupil will he taught by the most modern methods. 1 cordially solicit your patronage. Fur¬ ther information will be cheerfully fur¬ nished by C. G. POWER, Principal, The Tracy Disaster Recalls Another. The fatality at Washington will recall to many the disaster that befell a former ' Secretary of the Navy forty-six years ago. On that elate, February 28, 1844, the Honorable Abel B. Upshur was killed by the bursting of a gun on board the United States steamer Princeton. He had been appointed Secretary of the Navy in Presi¬ dent Tyler’s cabinet three years before. but in 1843 was transferred to the head of the State Department. On board the Princeton at the time of the explosion, President besides Secretary Upshur, were Tyler, Secretary of the Navy Gilmer, Secretary of War Wilkins, the Honorable Thomas H- Benton, Virgil Maxcy, Cap¬ tain Kennon, Messrs. Gardner and Phelps, Second Assistant Postmaster General Tyson and a number of ladies. The big gun had twice been successfully fired, and the third trial was ordered. The company left the dinner table for the deck, but President Tyler, when about to follow, decided to wait a few uiinuics to listen to a favorite song, and that delay probably saved his life. The gun was tired and exploded, slitting its massivi breech into two parts. One part killed Mr. Upshur, Mr. Gilmer. Mr. Maxcy, Cap¬ tain R. Kennon and Mr. Gardner, while the other swept away a portion of the bulw arks and went into the water. Seven- teen of the crew were hurt. The aeci- dent shocked the whole country. The President sent a special message to public Con- gress the next morning, while all , and private business in Washington was suspended.—[Boston Journal.