The correspondent. (Roberta, Ga.) 1892-190?, December 22, 1893, Image 2
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS TH3 HdllSj VA SSIi&lf) CM t3 Or^cr n 2 Ill • Uu£lliar ., n _ n i n _ u.S n „ IjH The President’s Menage Read Before the Tiro Houses—Routine Business. THE SENATE. 8th Day. —After the routine morn¬ ing business in tha senate Wednesday was disposed of, the Hawaiian resolu¬ tion offered Monday last by Mr. Hoar was laid before the senate and Mr. Frye addressed the body. 9th Day —In the Senate, Thursday, the committee on privileges and elec¬ tions, by a party vote, decided to re¬ port the house bill to repeal the feder¬ al election laws. The minority was given a reasonable time within which to submit its views. The house bill repealing the federal election laws was reported back favorably from the committee on privileges and elections and placed on the cal¬ endar, notice of a minority re¬ port being given on the part of Senators Hoar, Mitchell, Higgins and Chandler. The senate joint reso¬ lution relieving the employes of the record* and pension division of the war department injured iu the Ford’s theatre disaster from the operation of the law restricting the amount of sick leave with pay, was passed. Mr. Voor hees introduced a bill for the coinage of silver dollars, retirement of small denominations of gold aud paper and for other purposes. It was referred to the committee on finance. It directs the coinage into silver dollars of stand¬ ard weight and fineness, of the seign¬ orage or profit from the coiD 'ge of silver bullion, under the set of Feb¬ ruary, 1878, and July, 1890. Tbe sen¬ ate then adjourned over until Monday. 12th Day. —Under the agreement reached Saturday the house, Monday morning, proceeded immediately to the consideration of the urgency defi¬ ciency appropriation b.ll, three hours’ debate being allowed. The debate was directed to the pension policy of the administration, and Mr. Baldwin ex¬ tolled the president, Secretary Smith aud Commissioner Lochren. THE HOIHK. 8th Day. —In the house, Wednes¬ day, Mr. Holman offered a resolution setting forth thatmorethan $1,000,000 was paid in premiums for building vessels for the new navy; alleging that trial trips were calculated to benefit only the builders, and instructing the committee on uaval affairs to make a thorough investigation and ascertain whether there had been any collusion between the contractors and officials, and report by bill or otherwise. Ref¬ erred to tbe committee on naval affairs Mr. Myers, of Louisiana moved to go into a committee of the whole to con sider the resolution providing for a joint commission to investigate the personnel of the navy, and filibuster¬ ing began at once. The resolution was agreed to and the house went into a committee of the whole on the bill ad¬ mitting Utah as a state. The bill was passed without division at the close the debate the only amendments much importance incorporated in the enabling act being one by Mr. Powers, of Vermont, iting polygamy forever, and by Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, one-half the land granted to the for common school purposes. before adjournment the resolution Mr. Hitt, calling for in the Hawaiian affair, amended so to include an extension of the to be covered by the to March, 1889, tbe beginning of Harrison administration, was taken and 9th Day. —In the house, Thursday, Mr. Dockery, from the joint commit¬ tee to investigate the various executive departments, called up the bill to im¬ prove the methods of accounting in the postoffice department. This is a bill to change the money order system. Without any discussion the bill was passed. Mr. Catcbings brought in an order from the committee on rules, setting aside a time after the second morning hour and continuing each day thereafter, until concluded, for con¬ sidering the bills admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood. 10th Day. —When the house met at noon Friday less than one hundred members were present, Mr. Loud of¬ fered a resolution, which was adopted, setting apart Saturday, January 20, for memorial services iu houor of the late Senator Lelaml Stanford. Mr. Breckinridge, from the commit tee o,i appropriations, reported tl.e urgency deficiency bill, lbe measure is intended to provide for further ur gent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year 1894, and carries an appropriation of $1,651,896. Mr. Tarn ey offered a resolution calling upon she secretary of the treasury for. iu formation as to the number of recip rocal commercial treaties which had been negotiated under the McKinley act and sought immediate consideru tion for it, but objection was made and it was referred to the committee ©n ways and means. Mr. Pendleton ©ailed up the McGarrihan bill and moved that the house go iuto a com mittee of the whole for itB col sider a- were appointed and tlie vote yeas 169, nays 11. A quo having voted, Mr. MeRae took chair aud the bill was read in full. 11th Day. —In the house, Saturday, Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, started a dis on the urgent deficiency bill making an appropriation for pensions. He abused the administration’s pen¬ sion policy and declared that the geu eral order , No. 164, which had beeu issued and cut oft 400,000 pension* f »• k m *“ cn me - talked at . length and , wa, rather severe >n hie criticism of the adm.uiatraUoa Then ,br. L.v,„g8ton, ..fOeorgia took the floor to defend President Cleve land and Secretary Hoke Smith. He read a list of the trials and convictim,» of those who had fraudulently obtained pensions and defended in every way to the best of his ability, the policy of the secretary of the interior. Though he did not take occasion to erpress »uy high personal regard for either Mr. Cleveland or Mr. Smith, he defended their policies and declared that what they had done was right. Owing to the partisan discussion on the bill a vote was not reached. 12th Day —There was a very small attendance 1 of senators at the open¬ ing of Monday’s session. At 12:18 MW Pruden, one of the president’s secretaries appeared and delivered the long looked for message on Hawaiian affairs. Mr. George wSs sending up a petition in morning busi¬ ness, when Mr. Harris interposed and sai l that the president’s message ought to be laid before the senate. The vice president was of the same opin¬ ion, and immediately aid before the senate the message, whit h was, there¬ upon, read by the secretary. The reading occupied about forty minut -s, and was concluded at 1 p. m. Then Mr. Chandler called for the reading of the instructions to Mr. Willis. The first of these instructions presented to be rea l were those of Mr. Gresham to Mr. Willis, dated October 18. They are marked ‘‘confidential,” and state that they are “supplemental to the general instructions which he had re¬ ceived in reference to his official duties.” Before the clerk had got any further, the reading was interrupted bv Mr. Butler, who objected to the tiuye of the senate b< ing wasted as the papers would be all printed immediately. Mr. Voor hees took the same view and argued against having garbled excerpts from the documents read. They should be all read or none. Mr. Harris said that it was the universal rule of the senate that messages from the president were always read and that documents” were always referred to committee with the message. A mo¬ tion to print the message aud panying documents and refer them j the committee on foreign relations made by Mr. Butler aud quite an mated discussion ensued, CHICAGO POST OFFICE ROBBED. The Cashier of Ihe S amp Depar ment Sandbagged and $7,000 S olen. A Chicago special says: Andrew J. Robertson, cashier ot the wholesale stamp department iu the post office in the government building, was found by two clerks in the mailing depart¬ ment, lying on the floor of his office in a pool of blood about 10 o’clock Tuesday n’ght. When Robertson bad sufficiently recovered he made a state¬ ment saying that about 7:30 o’clock, while he was engaged in bal¬ ancing his accounts, some one appeared at the window and asked him how he was coming out. Robertson replied that he thought he was all right. The stranger said that he had sent his boy to the postoffice to buy stamps during the day and that Robertson had given, him too many, and that he would return them ii Robertson would open the door. As a private knock used by the employes of the office, was given, the door was opened. As soon as the robber was in¬ side the office he attacked Robertson and a terrible conflict ensued. Mon¬ ey was Bettered all over the office. One package of $300, one of $500 and one of $800 were found. So far the police have no clue to the robber. Ihe exact amount of money stolen is not yet known, but it was said by govern¬ ment employes that the sum would reach $7,000. Uobertson was taken to the hospital, wL^re the physicians said his wouuds were dangerous. PRENDERGAST’S TRIAL. Anlhor|l|ra Fear That a „ Attempt , t Lynching . , , ill be „ Made, . Brother Adjutator, of the LaSalle institute, , testified in the Prendergast case at Chicago, Friday that he had re ceived communications from the pris oner which led him to believe that the assassin is demented. Owing to an ex pectation of hauging, Prendergast ball, was brought half a mile to the city where it was announced court would be held, and then, because of a change of programme, taken back to tbe orim court building again. Duriug his removal be was carefully guarded in a dosed carriage, as the officials feared *n attempt would be made on his life. THE BRIDGE C0LLAP3ED All Fil y Dnlorlmate Ha Hnrlei to fieatb ia tbe Eiyor, A Terrible Disaster at Louisville Last Friday Morning. At a few minutes past 10 o’clock Friday morning the false work and that part of the middle span of the Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge J a nd, 4 with all the workmen, ^ pr ipit V . t d 110 feet into the water but . moment . 8 watui ^ and , ho8e wh „ escaped ‘ |ti going Jown , h ot jrou sn m . ber atarted {<>t l after the Brat trembli ng that ind j oatad the giving T f le , wa3 . horrible one , and is fte ^ ( , H st of catas trophes ^ that have marked the oonatrno. tion of this bridge. Tbe foreman, in beginning the work, noticed that dur¬ ing the night the “traveler,” which had been put iu place the night before, had been worked loose by the wind. An order to draw it back iuto place was given and the men and engines were started. The wind was high at the time and a gentle swaying of the false work gradually forced the “traveler” off the piles on which it was re’sting. The end slipped, the whole work trembled, and the men, realizing their danger, started for the piers. As luck would have it, the central bent was the first to give way and the men on this bent went down to be covered by the mass of iron and timber of the other bents, which fell almost immediately, carrying with them the other workmen who failed to reach places of safety on the piers. The north bent, or the one attached to the Indiana pier, did not fall for fifteen minutes after the other parts went down. As near as cau be ascertained, there were fifty-one men on the bridge when the alarm was given by the engineer in charge of the works. Of those who weut down some were covered by a mass of timber, from beneath which it will be days before their bodies are recovered. The first crash, when the center bent gave way, was at 10:25 o’clock, and it was then that the great number of fa¬ talities occurred. A few minutes later a bent, on which there was but little of the bridge proper, gave way on the Indiana side. In tlr s, it is believed that but one uukn< va man was killed. He was caught by a rope and dragged beneath tbe water. The crash attracted the attention of those on the shore and many turned away their eyes as they saw the men struggling iu midair in their mad efforts to climb out of danger. STBUGGtiTNG FOB T.IFB. When the huge mass of material struck the water all was concealed for an instant by the spray that was thrown high into the air. As the wa¬ ter subsided here and there could be seen men struggling desperately to climb upon the timber that thrust their ends above the water. A few succeeded in climbing to places of safety and were quickly rescued by boats that put out from the shore. Others struggled desperately and were carried off by the current to sink al¬ most when rescue was at hand. A few minutes after the accident the news was sent to all parts of the city. Near the bridge live the wives aud children of many of the workmen. These were soon on the river bank. Many were wild with grief aud rushed frantically about, wringing their hands and tearing their hair. The office of the bridge company, on Campbell street, was besieged with anxious moth¬ ers and wives inquiring for their loved ones. Half an hour after the accident there were at least twenty thousand people on the river bank. It is believed that forty lives were lost. Three patrol wagons were kept busy and guards, assisted by the fire department, in carryiug off the dead and injured. The wagons could not go to and from the hospital fast enough to receive those taken from the river. THE DEAD AND INJURED. The following is a list of the dead and missing. Dead: L. G. Garlock, John Courtney, J. 0. Murphy, S. C. Cook. Missing: F. C. Holderer, A. Sedden, J. Cregan, M. Selan, Frank Simmons, Jeffersonville; G. H. Hin¬ kle, Dauphin. Pa.; J. Holden, a J. T. Wilson, Pat Kelley, J. T. Owens, F. Sherridan, J. Allen, P. F. Moore, Geo. Lilly, R. F. Lilly, R. F. Darflinger, Virginia; H. Bliss. The list of in¬ jured is very large, and'a number of those most seriously huct will prob¬ ably die. and pile A large force of men a driver were at work all day Saturday in clearing up the wreck at the bridge, but no bodies were taken out. Most of the injured men aud those killed had their lives insured for various amounts. It is estimated that an average of more than 2000 vessels .nd 12,000 lives lives are arc lost lost in in the me various seas aud oceanB every year, the value of ships and cargoes being roughly averaged at $100,000,000. SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS. The Erilt cl Eer Progress aal Pros¬ perity Briefly Hole! Happenings of Interest Portrayed in Pithy Paragraphs. _ h orty of . the . . leading coal operators of the Pocahontas region arrived at Roanoke, ’ Va., Thursday J from the southwest aud ill, held a meeting to . con aider the coalmining interests of their section. J. M. Dailey, Jr., a prominent . Knoxville Teun., groceryman, assign ed S f «„rd.yfor t l,ebeaeat„fcreditor.. His iiab lities are $8,000. ihe assets are fully sufficient to cover the same, Slow collections caused the embarrass ment. The Bristol Tenn„ Bank and Trust Company which suspended July 25th, opened its doors Friday morning under inoet flattering prospects. The com pauy oauv’s s hiiildintr Duumug is is one one of or the the finest finest in in tile City. Dr. J. A. Dickey, the presi dent, and A. B. Marston, cashier, are jubilant over the splendid * outlook. • The Southern Female university, which was burned at Lakeview near Birmingham, Ala., will be removed to Anniston. A telegram from that place signed by Manager Lamar, positively so states. Birmingham cannot blame the .. management, , for „ Anniston . has . given them, free of rent for five years, the beautiful Anniston inn,handsomely furnished and ready for occupancy. The school will be moved there at once. A resolution . introduced . the was in house of delegates at Richmond, Va., Fridav W-Vu 7 morning bv 7 Rpnresentntivo representative Wlthrow, of * Bath county, providing for an investigation into the recent election with respect to ascertaining *?, if corrupt . methods . t , obtained ... i . the any in election for members of the legisla ture, based upon the consideration of their vote for either Messrs. Lee or Martin for the United States senate. The resolution was unanimously adopt¬ ed by both houses and a committee will be The officer, ot the Notional Ousr.l of the state of Tennessee met at Nashville Thursday night to elect a successor to Brigadier General Sam T Carnes, Th^andirtr weT Getr, e iT r 1: i • rr /s j n ,nr ea an ‘ 8 or * ‘ Ilr ’ 0 Nashvdle. The officers met in . the su preme courtroom and after the preliminaries, nominations were mode with eloquent speeches On the hr. ballot Ward was elected, receiving 23 votes to Carnes's 18. A fean Francisco . dispatch of Sunday says: Since tbe arrival of the cruiser Olympia in port from her trial trip, her officers have announced a correc tion in the report telegraphed from Santa Barbara, giving her a voyage speed of 21.65. It is now claimed that the exact average over the course of eighty-six knots was 22.58 knots per hour, or very close to twenty-six rail¬ road miles. This time is subject to correction plus or miuus for tide al¬ lowances. The bank trials which have beeu in progress at Na;diville are over for the present. Judge S.tge, Thursday, grant¬ ed a couti nuance to George A. Dazey, charged with conspiracy with Frank Porterfield to defraud the Commercial National bank. The ground of the continuance was the failure of the government to give the defense ample notice of the case on which Dazey would be tried at this term of court. The witnesses for the defense were scattered from Connecticut to Texas, and as the defense did not know what drafts were to be relied on by the gov ernment to make out its case, they were not in position to say just what they expected to prove by each wit uess. NEWS FROM HAWAII. Excitement is at Fryer Heat but the Situation is Unchanged. 4 : S “h^earrTutLl S t» r ^ rived. She brings advices from Hono lulu to December 9th. Ihe excite ment was at fever heat, but up to that time there had been no change in the situation. Since December 5th no material change has taken place in the military or political attitude of the different parties. The queen’s adher rents are being secretly armed. Ihe marshal is satisfied that over two hun¬ dred Winchester rifles have been work¬ ed into Honolulu in small lots from the island of Mari during the past month, and distributed to the royal¬ ists. Official Result in New York. A special from Albany, N. Y., says: The state board of canvassers met Wednesday night and, with Secretary Rice presiding, canvassed the vote of the state and declared the names of the elected state officers, members of the legislature and delegates to the oonstilntionri eonveation. A. ret urn ? l J Bt ‘ t .® board the senate will I stand: Republicans 19, democrats 13. I pj ie a8Bem bly; Republicans 74, demo I ora ts 52. Republican majority on * joint ballot 22. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Situation During the Past Week. The revi w of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows tha the condi¬ tion in the iron indue' ry continues to t-how sitrns of encon aj;. ment, both t»y v crea e in the output of concerns in opera i ,u and tht preparatio is w i ch are bein ; made o resume biii-iucvs on the part of fnrnac* s which h-.ve been < ut of blast. Ihe differences o op nion as to the action to be trk:» by Con rea* on the tariff changes, and as to the effect the pro pos d c ianuos w 11 li»ve on Soutneru invost m-nts, nreven s, for ihe time being, a arge in crease in the business. Tt.i- element of unctr if 800,1 e 1 iuinaterl w H, in any event, chauge >nu» a c ndt ion of gemral pro pemy. fur it is ge eraily admitted that Southern iron masteie stination can and readily a ipt tin mst-lfe to the are well prepared to lit et any is ue. In otntr branclie* of mauurtustiwing in dns ry, as ttx iles. wood-workiug, e c., prepa rati mg made for an active winters ^ »2JE£. war. e.t.1, lished or incorporatel during the week, with fonr enlargements of manufactories. » ,id Bixt,,en V^ 0 "* n t j ;cw .''Gildings. Prom¬ inent among the new industries . ot the week are ti e following: The Ten Mi e Coa 1 and Coke Companv, of C arksburg v\. Va., capital 7SS burg, organize i by C M. De p rd and associ * tea . with $1 000,0(0 c pitai; the Sou hern ( ' he m'cal an l Fer ilizer Companv, of New Or- 1( . aog La>> cap lal j, mo 0jW . H . Watkins and o hers, incorporators; the Charleston Kanawha 0 al Company, of Charleston, v\. Va.. capital ized » 10 ?,0< in $ Vermillion a rice in Parish, lling company La., by io Deep be organ- rt & Levert mi others, of New Orleans, capital $100,000; ihe Cliaileston Coustruction Co., oi £** *£; tSitSTSW Z Vick burg Ic ■ C >.. of Vick burg. Miss., capital S'OO.oOO, by B ~ W._Gr Him .... and ...... others; , a cy Koa 8 ?! sswuii 1. at PanaM ffnee, Fla., io cos*. Eml $30,000, br l>v Co., E. J. Copley K.chmtml. ami ••therbi Va.. ihe West, R ok < t S^S.Oti6 by W. booker ana asi-ociaten. c pitai and the capital Tltomps n E LiOO, ec rio by Ai< Co., of H rth Wiiteiug. unit .others. W. Va.. x. Agricultural implement works are to be buih at. Hawtiiorue. F,a.; a riynami e rue ory at Ce¬ dar town, Ga-; a cotton m il at \\ a\ oe>boro. Miss.; an eieeir c lighting plant at Tallahassee Griffin. Ga.; flour and grist mills at Eustis an,I Fla., and Ciirroll on, Teun., an t a rice mill at Jackrt ' M - Mms - i iCcl factor es at 'la lahassee y la all d Charlotte, N.C.; a tannerv at Savan nab, G> ; stove and furnace works at Hartman, Teu-i., and woodworking p ants at Mobili and Hpdug , Ala., Fort, Meade. Fla.. Louis nlle, Ky., Hookwo d, Tenn., and Ba-ic City, Va.-Tiudesman, (Cuanauooga, ietm.) ----------— TRAIN R0BB2RS CAPTURED, After a Long Pursuit The? are Over* hauled at Justin, Texas. A dispatch from Austin, Texas,says : ^ °“ ^ JJ* *»“ ° f / b th “““C'lfirr correct, for soon ftiter ttieir T rt rival they succeeded in arrest j K Di „ k d Lum Denton A a d , , m i aod , b ^ ; to „ paaarag P * „„ the traia waa in Dent n , a poMosaion, ^ The third robber _ ut, A . Bill DJ n Bronson, r> was found in hiding below town. He re sisted arrest and the officers opened flye 0 u bim, wounding him -seriously. He was brought to the city and put in jail. The fourth robber, Burleson by name, is making his way to the weston horseback. Officers know of his des tination, however, and his arrest is only a question of a few hours, i ATLANTA MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY. liroccri-8. Coffee—Roasted—Arbn k e’s ?4 6l » 100 lb eases. choice Lion 24-6)'’,Levering's24 21 6 io. Green—Ex¬ tra %c; choice good 20^c; fair 19 -t>c: c mmon 6^c; fcugai--Granulated powdere I cut loaf wit te extra < 4%c; New Orleans v< Low clari¬ fied 4%»4%c; icliw ext"a O 3%e. Syrup New Orleanschoic 1 45c; prime35@4Jc;e mtuoa 20@30c. M 'lasBes-Geimine Cuba 35@33c; im ita loti 22@25. Teas—Black 35@55c; u > een 40@69o. Mttmegs 65@35c. Clove* 25@30c; ituiamon 10@L2>£c. Al Bp ce 10@ltc. Jamai¬ ca ginger lac. Singapore pepper 5J£; llo, Mace $1 00. Rice, Head 6c; goo t common 4 l 4c; mported Japan 5^5%c. Salt—H iwley’B da ry $1.50; Virginia 75c. Cheese—flaid 13@i4; White fish, h.lf bbls. $1.0'; pails (5 'c; Mackerel, half bars, barrels, $t>.00@ lbs <K3.<lO@1.75. ‘•.5Q. Soap. Taliow, 100 75 tuipentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a Z.50; Candles—Parafine lie; star lie. Matches— 40C* $4 00; 300s $3 U0a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s 5 gross $3 75. Soda-Kegs, bulls 4%c; do l lb pkg* 5%c; cases, 1 lb 5%e, do 1 and %ll>a 8c, do%lb fi%o. CraokerB—XXX soda 5%c; XXX butter 6%c; XXX pearl oysterBfOJ^cishell and excelsior 7c; lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snanslte; corn hills 9c. 12a12%. Gandy—Assorted stick C%oj French mixed Canned goods-Ooudemed Milk. Sal¬ $6 U()a 8 1 10; imitation mackerel $3 95a4 <H>. mon U5 25.5 50; F. VV. oysters $175; L W $1 35: corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2.00 Pieties, ??SSI pliin mixed, $1 00al 40:quarts, al Powder—Rifle, or pints kegs $3.35; i^kega 5( ’ « 90; % kegs$l 10. Shot $1 55 pur sack, Flour, drain nnl lle il. Flour—First patent $4 75; seconl patent $4.50: extra fancy $3.50; faney $3 19; family $3.10 $3 25. Corn-No. I white 57 1 . Mixed, 55c. Gain. Mixed 4le: white 44;; Texas rust proof 50e. Seed rye, Gergia 75a80o Hay—Choice timothy, umothy, bs.es, large $1.0); "ales, choice $1.09 No. 1 largo timothy, small bales, 9 k;; No. 1 tuaotny, small bales. 90c; N'. 2 umothv, small bales, 85c. Meal—Plain 5'e'; bolted 54J. Wheat bran— Larne sue Its 90c, small sacks 90c. Cotton¬ seed me«l—$1 3 • per cwt.. Sream feed—$1.10 r>er ewt. Stock peas fiOaCie per bu. White. GO..65. Boston beans $2,65a2.75 per bushel Tennessee, $ 1.75a 2.0). Uni.-.—Pearl $3.10. tOimtrv Produce. Ftrgs choice 18a.0%c Butter—Western creamery S0a35c Pen lies* >e 18.29;; oth^r grades ]2 %hI5c. I.ive poultrv—Turkeys 8 3)10; per lb; liens 25 atul P7%o. spring chickens poultrv—Turkeys large 18t20e; small 12%a spring 15c; 10x12%;. tlucks Dressed chick¬ I0.il2%. 15c; ens Irish pmatoes, 2.5J@2.75per l bl. tjWLni potatoes 6 o per bu. Honey— Nt rain-d 8al0<;; in the comb !Oal3%o. Onions 75ca$l 09 per bu. Provision*. U y^ suRar-oured hams ilatSo, according to bran l mid average; Calllor lx, fio. break b"" bacou 14al5o. Lard, Lear 9 y v Compound 1>/ *' Local—Market CSom t fta • . Middling 7Xc