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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
WORK OF THE
CONGRESS.
rRocEEDiNGS of the HOUSE and senate
briefed—deliberations over mat-
ter8 of momentous INTEREST to ocr
COMMON COUNTRY.—NOTES.
In the senate on Friday Mr. Allison
moved that the adjournment be till Mon¬
day, which was agreed to. At 2 o’clock
“unfinished business” was taken up, it
being two postal and ship subsidy bills.
Mr. Vest continued his argument
against the bills. The conference report
on the agricul-tural appropriation bill
was presented and agreed to. The senate,
at 4:50, adjourned till Monday.
Iu the house, on Monday, the speaker
having directed the journal to be read,
Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, raised the point call
of order of no quorum p 3 resent. A
of the house was ordered, One hundred
and sixty-seven men—a quorum—having
responded to their names, the journal of
Thursday’s proceedings was read. On
motion of Mr. Payson, of Illinois, the
house went into committee of the whole
for ths consideration.of the senate bill to
forfeit certain lands heretofore granted
for the purposes of aiding in the
construction of railroads, with a
house substitute therefor. Mr. Pay-
son explained that the bill in its gen¬
eral provisions, proposed to forfeit and
restore to the public domain all public
lands, wherever situated, t which have
been granted in aid of construction, where
railroads time. have not been completed said, thirty- at this
There bad been, he
seven railroads aided by acts of congress,
which had not been completed within the
time fixed by congress. Twelve of these
grants had been forfeited, comprising
nearly 50,000,000 acres. That left twenty-
five roads which had not been acted upon,
and nine had been fully completed. That
left sixteen railroads, which were now un-
completed, and the house substitute
recommended the forfeiture of all lands
lying opposite such portions of
roads as were not uow constructed.
It was his opinion that no bill of a broad¬
er character than this could ever pass the
senate and become a law. A careful es¬
timate was to the effect that the bill
would restore 7,500,000 acres to the pub¬
lic domain. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, ap¬
proved the bill because it forfeited only
lands situated along the unconstructed
portion of roads. Mr. Stone, forfeiture of Mis¬
souri, took the position that
should be made of all lands which had
not been earned by railroads, at the time
fixed in the granting acts for the comple¬
tion of the roads. Pending debate the
committee rose, and the house adjourned.
In the senate, on Monday, the confer¬
ence report on the consular and diploma¬
tic appropriations bill was presented that and
agreed to. Mr. Morrell moved the
senate proceed to the consideration of
the tariff bill. He said that after the
tariff bill was taken up it could be laid
aside informally until the two shipping
bills were disposed of. Mr. Morgan ad¬
dressed the senate on the shipping bill.
Mr. Morgan yielded the floor temporarily
and Mr. Sherman presented bill. the confer¬ it
ence report on the silver After
was read in full he gave notice that he
would call it for action Tuesday morning.
After a brief executive session, the sen¬
ate, at 5:40, adjourned. motion
In the house on Tuesday, on oi
Mr. Baker, of New York, seuate amend¬
ments were concurred in; to the house
bill for the admission of the state oi
Wyoming also the senate amendments
were concurred in to the house bill grant¬
ing right of way through the United
States military reservation at St. Augus-
tine, Fla , to the Jacksonville, St. Augus-
tine and Halifax River Railroad com-
pany. The speaker laid before the
house the senate bill to adopt regulations
for preventing collisions at sea. Sir.
Dingley, of Maine, asked for its immedi-
ate passage. After a brief discussion the
Farquhar bill was passed—yeas presented the 125, conference nays 45. Mr.
re-
j*ort on the bill appropriating $75,000
for the relief of A. H. Emery. Mr.
Bynum raised the question of considera-
tion, and the bouse decided—yeas 87,
nays 72—to consider the conference re.
port. The house then, at 5 o’clock, ad-
journed. the silver bill
The conference report on
was taken up in the senate on Tuesday,,
and Mr. Vest stated reasons why he
should vote against the report. A large
majority of the senatehad voted, he said,
for the free coinage of silver, but the eon-
ference report absolutely did away with
im<l all idea of free coinage' and continued. the
was intended to continue, system
under which silver had been since persistently 1873.
arid consistently degraded in
Mr. Coke also addressed the senate op¬
position to the report. Mr. Sherman de
fended and explained the conference re
port. The discussion was interrupted at
3 o’clock, and the bill went over without
action till W cdnesda\, the senate pass ng
from that subject to the memory oi
thc late Representative S. S. Cox. of
New York, which had been made
a special order for this hour, after
being several times previously postponed.
Mr. Hiscock offered a resolution declaring
that the senate had received with pro-
found sorrow the announcement of the
death of Mr. Cox, and tendering to his
family an assurance of sympathy in its
sad bereavement ; and he eulogized. 31r.
Cox’s charming character and accomplish-
ments. Messrs. Vooiffiees,Sherman, \ est,
Dixon and Evarts also eulogized the dead
statesman and testified to their sense of
loss for his taking away, and then the res¬
olution was adopted and, as a further
mark of respect, the senate adjourned.
NOTES.
Conferees on the part of the two bouses
Monday afternoon reached an agreement
an the points of difference in the silver
bill.
The consular and diplomatic the coufer- appro-
priation committee bill as agreed retains to by of the
ence most sen¬
ates amendments raising the grade and
salaries of a number of representatives of
the United States at foreign capitals; Amendments con-
BU i 8 general, consuls, etc. the
m ade to the bill by the senate, for To
purpose of (cabling tne recommendations president
carry into effect certain
of the Pan-American conference were also
agreed to by the house.
The house committee on elections, Tues¬
day, disposed of twoMississppi contested
election cases—Hill versus Kernaglian Patchings,
from the third district, and
versus Hooker, from the seventh, The
decision was in favor of the sitting demo¬
cratic members—Catchings Goodrich and Hooker.
The Florida case of versus Bul¬
lock was discussed at length, and a final
decision deferred until next week, al¬
though it was apparent that the majority
is disposed to report in favor of the claims
of Goodrich, republican instructed contestant.
Representative Lacy was and make to
notify Mr. Garland to appear
argument before the committee next
Tuesday in the case of Representative
Breckinridge, of Arkansas.
Representative Cogswell, by request,
introduced a till appropriating $1,000,-
000 to establish an industrial training
school and to provide under land for the ne¬
groes, to be held lease, with the
privilege of subsequent president purchase. The
bill authorizes the to appoint a
committee of five persons, who shall pur¬
chase ten square miles of good, arable
land from any of the southern states, to
be divided int> 160 acre lots, for settle¬
ment by negroes, who shall be required
to pay the government an annual rental
of five bales of cotton for the use of the
land. A certain amount of the land pur¬
chased shall be set apart for school pur¬
poses, and buildings children and teachers of all are pro¬
vided for, and the tenants
residing on such public domain shall be
required to attend.
There was a dead calm in both houses
of congress Friday, after the storm of
Thursday. Indeed, there were so few
members of the house present that it
could do no business and adjourned
over until Monday. The senate did like¬
wise. The democrats of both houses
were discussing nothing during the day
but the features of the force bill, and its
prospects of passing the senate at this
session. The bill, the democrats
say, is a thousand times worse
than tfie “force bill” killed in the
43rd congress by the efforts of the late
Samuel J. Randall. It will simply place
the entire south under the rules of re¬
publican federal supervisors reinforced
an army of blue coats with burnished
bayonets. The next tight on the bill will
be made in the senate. There are many
senators who do not believe the senate
will ever take up the bill for serious
sonsideration. Among them are some
republicans, but they are the men who
oppose the measure. Notwithstanding
this talk, the chances are that the bill
will come up.
TRADE REPORT.
BUSINESS REVIEW FOR WEEK ENDED SAT¬
URDAY, JULY 5.
The weekly review of trade by R. G.
Dunn & Co. says: With the beginning
of the new fiscal year we have heavy dis¬
bursements and easier money, better crop
prospects and continuance of a larger
trade for the season than has been seen in
auv previous year. The volume of trade
shown by clearing house returns at all
cities outside of New York is 14.1 per
cent 'Nrger than'last year for the month of
June a 1 d 13.0 per cent larger for the half
year, The last week or two have wit-
uessed a smaller increase, the extreme hot
weather having depressed trade at many
western points, while at the east hesitation
0 n account of pending legislation is now
noticeable. Railroad earnings thus fai
reported for June show a gain of about
ten per cent over last year, but these
6how less gain for the latter than for the
first half of the month. The iron trade
is more steady, but rather dull. Reports
from the south are very favorable as tc
growing cotton, and in Texas the est:-
mated yield is the largest on record,
Government reports make the decrease in
circulation of all kinds of money in June
less than $2,000,000, but for the year
past the increase has been $49,000,000.
For the first time the public $1,000,000, debt, less
cash on hand, falls below
but appropriations of $167,000,000 for
pensions during the new fiscal year render
it less likely that the surplus will be
troublesome. Business failures occurring
during the week number for the United
States 181, and for Canada 98, as eom-
pared with 202 the corresponding week
of last year.
MEXICAN DIRT.
THE BIGGEST LAND TRADE IN THE HISTORY
OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
Information was received at San Anto-
n i 0 , Texas, on Friday, of theconsumma-
t j on 0 f biggest land trade in the his-
torv 0 j tb e American continent. Th<
parties to the contract were John Han-
coc t 0 f Austin, and Robert Summerlin,
0 £ g aQ Antonio, on one side, acting foi
the owners, and representatives syndicate. of an
Euwlish an(1 Holland The
j an ^ bes a b } n one body in the state of
gamaulisas, Mexico, .within easy dis-
^ucc of the Mexican Central railroad,
au( j comprises between five and six mill-
lon G f acres and 75,000 head of cattle.
The term8 are pri vate.
A REASONABLE KSt}TEST.
“I have one last request to make,” re¬
marked the trout, as the fisherman care¬
fully removed the book.
“Name it.” said the fisherman.
“It is that you will not refer to me as •
'speckled beauty.’”
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER¬
ESTING NATURE.
PITHY ITEMS FROM ALL FOUNTS IN mb
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER¬
TAIN THE READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRF.S,
FLOODS, ETC.
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Mayor Ellyson, of Richmond, \ a., left
that city on Friday for London as a dele¬
gate to the peace conference.
A Baton Rouge, I,a., dispatch says:
Governor Nichols, Monday afternoon, re¬
turned to the house the lottery bill with¬
out his approval. Ky.,
It was rumored in Louisville,
Tuesday, that the warring factions of
Harlan court house on last Thursday night
burned the court house with all the re¬
cords.
A dispatch from Day’s Gap, Ala.,
says: Dr. Johu Monroe killed his four
children on Sunday and then committed
suicide. It is thought Monroe was in¬
sane on the subject of religion.
A San Autouio Texas, special says: In
Columbus, Colorado county, City Mar¬
shal Pipe shot and instantly killed Ed.
Young, John and Robert Stafford, sons
of R. H. Stafford. The fight occurred
in a saloon, and thirty shots were fired.
The board of trade of Paris, Texas, has
appointed six enumerators to take a new
census of the citv, being satisfied that
the federal census is imperfect, Austin,
too, is greatly disappointed!, and claims
5,000 more people than the census shows.
The offic ial census count of the leading
cities in Texas discloses the following
figures, approximately: Dallas, 39,300;
San Antonio, 38,900; Galveston,
35,000; Ft. Worth 31,000; Hous-
ton, 22,000; Waco, 2.',000; Austin, 16,-
000.
A Brunswick, Ga., dispatch, of Tues-
day, says: “It is authoritatively stated
that the L. & N. will at an early day get
control of the Atlanta and Florida and
complete the road to Cordele and thence
build direct to Brunswick. This move
w ill assure Brunswick’s future.”
The Louisville Southern railroad, from
Louisville, Kv., to a connection with the
Cincinnati Southern, has been leased to
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor¬
gia. This give it a northern outlet both
tc> Cincinnati and Louisville, which is
necessary to complete its system.
A Live Oak, Fla., special of Monday,
savs: "A notorious uegro outlaw, sup¬
posed to be Bob Brewer, the Jesup mur¬
derer, who also shot the deputy sheriff at
Boardman last week, was captured in this
county Sunday night. He is now be¬
hind the bars in Suwanee county jail.”
A big furniture van, containing a pa'ty
of twenty-one young folks returning from
a p'enie on the farm of Frank Akin, twe
miles from Louisville, Ky., was struck
by a northbound express at Preston streel
crossing of the Louisville Southern rail¬
road Friday evening and three of its oceu
pants were killed and others injured.
The following have been elected as the
officers of the North Carolina Teachers'
assembly for next year: President
Charles D. Mclver; first vice-president,
Hugh Marson; secretary and treasurer,
E. G. Harrell. The officers of the Clas¬
sical association are: President, E.
Alexander; vice-presidents, C. B. Den
Denson and L. L. Hobbs; secretary, J.
E. Kelley.
A dispatch from Lexington, Va., says:
About 5 o’clock Friday moruing, at
Buena Vista three miners were instantly
killed. The men assembled about the
shaft of the mine, and four men entered
the cage for the purpose of decending,
when without warning, the car fell a dis¬
tance of 140 feet to The bottom of the
shaft. Eli Painter, John Montgomery
and Lipps Sneed were instantly killed.
Floyd Marion, one of the party, is stil
alive and conscious.
A Norfolk dispatch of Friday says : A
number of reports have been received
from various counties in North Carolina,
showing the condition of the cotton crop
up to the 27th of June. The reports
show that from five to six per cent less
cotton has been planted than last year.
The condition is about forty-four percent
better than last year. The crop is two
or three weeks earlier. The weather ha
been all that could be desired. The crop
is clean and clear of grass, labor being
abundant.
A BIG DEMONSTRATION
OF THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE AND OTHEB
ORGANIZATIONS IN EMPORIA, KANSAS.
An Emporia, Kas., dispatch says: The
Farmers’ Alliance and other kindred or¬
ganizations united in one of the grandest
demonstrations on the 4th, ever held
here. There was a procession five mile*
long and 20,000 people in attendance.
No such turnout of the farmers was evei
witnessed in this part of the state. The
speakers were L. L. Polk, president and oi
the National Alliance; R. Beaumont,
other prominent members.
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KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
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CRAWFORD SHERIFF’S SALES.
p EORGIA— Crawford County.—
UJames 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, Un¬ will
less good objections are I
graut them letters dismissory on the fiist
.Monday in June, 1890. Witness my
hand officially this the 4th day of
March, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT,
Ordinary.
p EORGIA— Crawford C O U N TY.—
U\V. K. Eubanks Executor of Eligah
Eubanks, deceased, has in due form ap¬
plied to me for letters of dismission from
his executorship. Unless good objec¬ said
tions thereto arc filed, I will grant to
W. K. Eubanks such letters dismissory on
the 1st Monday in June, 1890. Witness
my hand officially. WRIGHT,
O. P.
Ordinary.
p EORGIA— Crawford County. —W.
UM. Taylor, administrator of estate of
Rufus Carter, deceased, has applied for
letters dismissory from the administration
of said estate, and such letters will be
granted unless good on the objections first Monday filed. in May Witness next,
are
my hand officially, this January 27th,
1890. O. P. WRIGHT,
jan 31-13 Ordinary.
p EORGIA— Crawford County.— A.
|JC. Sanders and James M. Sanders,
executors of the will ofThos. J. Sanders,
deceased, have applied to m'e for letters
dismissory from their executorship;
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 officially, January
27th, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT,
Jan. 31— 13t Ordinary.
EORGIA,— Crawford County.
Appraisers appointed to assign and set
ipart a year’s support to Mrs. A. Y. Han¬
cock, from the estate of G. S. Hancock,
deceased, have made their return: Said
return will be made the judgment of the
Court of Ordinary of said county on the
first Monday in June next, unless good
objections are filed. Witness my hand,
officially this April the 28th, 1890.
O. P. Wright, Ordinary.
G EORGIA, Crawford County —W.
P. Blasingame, administrator o f
Mary A. Bryce, deceased, has applied to
me for dismission from his administra¬
tion on the estate of the said deceased,
and this is to cite all persons concerned
to show cause, if any they have, before
me, on or before the first Monday in Oc¬
tober next, why letters dismissory should
hand not be granted applicant. This Witness my
officially. June 30th, 1890.
O. P. WRIGHT, Ordinary.
p EORGIA—CRAWFORD COUNTY.-
U The commissioners appointed to set
as'de a years’ support for Mrs. M. M.
Evans having filed their returns, it is
therefore ordered that all parties con¬
cerned show cause before me, if any they
have, by the first Monday in August next
why said report should not be made the
judgment of this hand court. officiallv,
Witness my July 4,
1890. O. P. WRIGHT,
Ordinary.
G M EORGIA-CRAWFORD Pickens Yarbrough, administrator COUNTY.-
of Mrs. N. R. Causev, deceased, has ap-
plied to me for letters of the dismissory from
his admininistration on estate of said
deceased. This is therefore to cite all
persons concerned to show cause, if any
they can, before me on the first Monday
in October next, why such letters should
not be granted applicant, June 30,1890.
O. P. Weight, Ord’v.
pEORGIA— Crawford County. -
U M. Burnett, administrator on est
of Mrs. Martha Stcmbridge, deoea*
has applied to me for letters of disn
sion from the administration of said
tate, and same will be granted on
first Monday in July ijext, unless
objections are filed. Witness my lisfl
officially this April 1st. 1890.
O. P. WRIGHT.
p EORGIA— Crawford County
|J J. Slocumb, as administrator of
estate of S. P. Williamson, deceased,
applied for letters of dismission
said trust. This is therefore to
persons concerned to show cause, if
they have, within the time
bv law why said application should
be granted. band officially this,
Witness my
31st day of March, 1890.
O. P. WRIGHT.
Ordinary
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