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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MARCH 0,188G.-TWELYE PAGES.
forty-ninth congress.
.nlTKE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE
A FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
uiddleberger Accuses Sherman of Igno-
B „ -f tho Rule, of the Senute-
Sorwomt Makes a Satirical
Reply to Henderaon.
WismsoTos, March 3.—The chair laid
..fore the Senate the President's message
,n the treatment of the Chinese in the West,
already published. Referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Evarts presented petitions of officers and
trustees of savings banks of New York
State representing l,165,000depositors and
irj7 (HHI (WO of deposits, praying Congress
to stop the coinage of silver dollars. It
vras referred to the committee on finance.
Kiddleberger offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, requiring each Senator to re-
r t to the Senate the name of his private
secretary. In introducing the resolution
Kiddleberger said that some men were
holding tickets of admission to the Senate
,1,0 would not be admitted to
y, e parlors of gentlemen if
they were known as Kiddleberger knew
them. Sack tickets were issued to people
who received no pay except admission to
the Senate floor to blaokmail gentlemen and
to libel them in their newspapers. Kiddle-
hercer said he knew of a case in point. We
h n ,.w what bad been said in the llouso
about Eads being on the floor of that House,
lie asked if it were permissible for him
(Kiddleberger) to state that while Eads had
not been on the floor of the Senate he had
had three henchmen there—two represent
in'' Eepnblican nowspapers and one a Uem-
ocratic newspaper—who came to secure in
formation on which to Jibel Senators. Im
agine a man having n ticket to the Senate
Boor in the pretended capncity of a private
secretary to a Senator, which Senator had
his own son as his private secretory, who
drew pay, while the other, the creature, was
compensated by a ticket*
.tu = r the adoption of the resolution Hoar
had it reconsidered and so amended us to
have the names sent in to the secretary of
the Senate. The education bill was then
taken up, and Harrison spoke in advocacy
of the bill and in opposition to Allison'
amendment.
Edmunds moved a substitute to Allison’s
ameodmeutas follows:
"And in each Stato and Territory in
which there shall bo separate schools for
white aud colored children, the money paid
in such State or Territory shall bo paid out
for the support of such white and colored
schools, respectively, in the proportion that
the white and colored children between the
ages of lb and 21 years in such State or
Territory bear to each other, ns shown by
the census of 1S8U. The foregoing pro
vision shall not affect the application of the
proper proportion of said money to the
support of ail common schools wherein no
diKinriion of nice or color shall exist,"
After a long debate, Blair expressed his
willingness to accept Edmuuds’s substitute
aud it was adopted.
The amendment offered by Dolph was
rejected by a rim voce voto, and Plumb
begun a speech. While Plumb was speak
ing, Kiddleberger rose to a point of order,
saying he had called for a division on the
vote, mil called for it in a tone thnt the
President of the Senate could not fail to
hear.
Kiddleberger wait ruled out of order, and
yiwld'jd under protest.
After Plumb lied resumed his remarks
Kiddleberger again rose and renowod his
point of order. The President of the Sen
ate was not observing the rules, ltiddlc-
bi rga said. The Senator from Kansas
i Plumb) was trying to defeat tho bill and
was allowed to make another speech when
a division bnd been called for, Tho rCniiou-
tibd'tv was between the Senator front Kan
sas ami the President of tho
Senate. Ho (Uiddleberger) hnd heard
it said that whatever ho said in the Senate
vna generally "sat upon.” Ho did not caro
for that, however, since bo knew he was
right. "I am straggling for the passago of
this bill," ho aaid, "ami am going to con
tinue' that atrnggle under tho rales of tho
Senate, aud you enn't take from that desk
tho book that ought to control you and find
within it a rule that justifies your ruling a
while ago."
Tho President pro tompore began to re-
j'ljr, but was interrupted by Kiddleberger.
Union men and ex-Confederates hnd been
marching abreast, without a single struggle
to do justice to the survivors of the Union
urnty. Then the gentleman hail stepped
forward, arrested the column, and smiling
upon the Confederates as gently as Brutus
had snnled upon Ca'sar when ho had in
vited him to take a rest at the foot of l’om-
pey s column, had proceeded to address
them in a perauaaive atrain, ending his
speech with the declaration that he would
rather Bpend an eternity in boll with them
than an eternity in heaven with Northern
copperheads. Speaking for himself,
while he returned his profoundest
acknowledgements to the gentlemen
from Iowa for the offer of his society, if we
should be so unfortunate us to get on the
wrong road and join the gentleman down
below, ret he entered bis most solemn
and vigorous protest against accepting his
delicate companionship, for ho was per
suaded that no engagement, however press
ing, would prevent the gentleman from ar
resting the column and, mounting a ret hot
stump, insisting thnt it should listen to
him proclaim the same old piece of political
law. The conclusion at which he (Nor
wood) had arrived upon hearing the gcntl -
man's speech was that the gentle
man was afflicted with a disease
common to puhlio men known as
"lux populi on the diaphragm." When
this disease became acute it was called
eerelrro eltplMntaxti, and this was what af-
ilicted the gentleman. If the Congressman
from the Third Congressional district of
Iowa would requiro David B. Henderson to
get out of his way so that he could see his
country the Congressman would be cured
of his disease und would no longer ho
troubled with inflammatory iox nopufl.
(Laughter.]
Hreekenndce. of Kentucky, guided the
discussion aw ay from the channel of poli
tics in which it had flowed and brought it
back to tho consideration (of tho general
question of pensions system. He expressed
himself in favor of liberal pensions, and
thought that it should always be tho policy
of the Republic to pay generous pensions,
but there must bo some economy and
statesmanlike consideration both os to per
sons and tho amount. It was not a matter
of sentiment which must decido the rate,
but a matter of wise calculation. He closed
bis speech with nil eloquent peroration
descriptive of tho beautiful cemetery at
Lexington, w hich contained the graves of
fathers and sona and brothers who had
fallen in tho opposing ranks in the teritic
struggle of tho war, of tho peaceful lives of
tho descendants of those men who, though
they had been divided in their sense of
duty, had nover been divided in their love.
"As an American representative," ho said,
"troating of American questions, loving tho
American people, denying that this
a paternal government, deny
ing that taxes should be wrnng
from the people except from necessity,
I shall vote according to my own convic-
WORK AND AY AGES.
THE STRIKE OF THE NEW YORK
STREET CAR LABORERS
Assumes a Serious Aspect—Depredations
by Southern Pacific Railway Strikers
—McCormick's Men Coming to
Terms—Other Troubles.
The chair again said, "The Senator from
Virginia will please not interrupt the chair.
Tho Senator did not call for a division or
for the yeas and nays, hut when the Sena
tor from Kansas (1'lamb) was advancing in
his argument on the bill tho Sena
tor from Virginia (Uiddleberger) then rose
ami demanded a division. It was
then too late. The chair says kindly, but
Jrmly, to tho Senator from Virgtuia that he
hi* not sought to discriminate against him
in the slightest degree. The Senator is
mistaken in that. On the contrary, the
•'hair has often done the reverse, and ap
peals to the Senator from Virginia to with
draw that imputation, that the chair had
erer discriminated against him or sought
t° deprive him of his rights. The point of
order is ovcr-iuled.”
Uiddleberger—"If tho chair will permit
me, I do not mean to sny that the chair Had
discriminated against me. I meant to any
that the chair itself did not comprehend tho
foies. [ Hoars of laughter. ] This is really
what I meant to say.
After further remarks tho yeaa and nays
wera ordered on Dolph's amendment, on
which u viva voce vote hnd been taken, and
pending the call the Senate went into ex
ecutive session. Wheu tho doors were re
opened the Senate adjourned.
house of representatives.
Washington, March 3.—The Speaker laid
before the Ilcuse the message of the Presi
dent on the Chinese troubles. It was rend
by the clerk and referred to the committee
on foreign affairs.
Breckinridge, of Arkansas, from the
committee on ways and means, reported
the bill extending iho provisions ot the act
•or the immediate transportation of duti
able goods to the porta of Omaha, Key
>»i»t and Tampa. House calemlar.
Hatch, of Missouri, from tbu committee
on agriculture, reported the hill to estab-
hsh agricultural experiment atations in
connection with colleges established in the
"‘feral States, Committee of the whole.
. I he House consumed the morning hour
in committee of the whole in the consider
ation of the bill authorizing the appoint
ment of a commission to carry on tests of
l , r 1 0n 'i steel and other structural materials,
lending action the committee rose, and
then the nouse again went into committee
on the pension appropriation bilL
Butterworth resumed his speech begun
yesterday, and continues! in the tamo vein
as yesterday-a general range of political
sulqeeU, without much reference to the
MU under discussion.
Norwood, of Georgia, made a satirical
speech in reply to that delivered by Ilen-
i« r \ 0 . D ' °f Iowa, some days aince, ridicnl-
ng that gentleman'a profession of friend
ship lor the South, but axpreaaing his ad-
Mirahon for the manner in which he hod
■laimed the old story which waa aa well
,“”? n , lll# ooontry as "The boy stood
or "Mary had alitlle
g [ Laughter.) The gentleman
“ad made hit speech" while
cite according to my own convic
tions, treating witli contempt any effort at
intimidation or any purpose of misrepre
sentation.” [Loud applause on the Demo
cratic side. |
Fending further action, tho committee
rose.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, reported the army
appropriation hill from the military com
mittee, and it was referred to the committee
of tho whole. Adjourned.
Various Wsshingtotk Notes.
Washington, March 3.—The President
to-ilay nominated Brigadier General Alfred
II. Terry to he major-general, to succeed
Huuoock, and Joshua T. Child, of Maine,
to be minister resident and consul-general
of the liuited Slates to Siam.
Tho Fitz-Iohn Porter bill will be reported
back to the Senate as soon as the majority
and minority reports enn be prepared.
Senators Cameron and Sewell join with
the Democratic members cf the military
committee in the majority report iu favor
p( the uuameuded House bill. The division
was C to 4.
A bill was introduced iu the Senate to
day by Call to provide for a survey and an
estimate of the cost of clearing out and im
proving Gilbert's bar, on Indian River,
Fin., and cf Indian River from its mouth to
Titnsvillo, Flo.
The llouso committee on prlrate land
claims, to-day agreed to report favorably a
bill to give tho heirs of Myra Clark Gaines
land script for 3d,457 acres, the amount of
tho grant ma le by Spain to persona from
whom she claimed to have procured title.
Thu army appropriation bill reported to
the Houso to-day, appropriates $23,887,588
—nearly one million dollars less tliun the
estimstea called for. The appropriations
for the current year amounts to $24,423,
052.
Washington, March 4.— Rumors were
current here to slay to tho effect that the
Chinese minister had received insttuctiuns
from his government to demand from the
United States a total disavowal of the re
cent outrages agaiflst Chiueae residents
in the Western States and Territories, con
dign punishment—capitally, if killing could
he proven against individuals—and that if
the United States refused to comply with
these demands, the President was to be in
formed that the Cbineae Government would
immediately proct ed to collect indemnity
from Amenean citizens in business iu the
imperial territory and withdraw its protec
tion from them.
In an interview this evening, the Cbineae
mluiater said to a representative of the Asso
ciated Press that while he had information
that China—and especially the province of
Canton, the homo of a > large percentage of
the Chinese on the Pacific slope- -is greatly
exi ited over these outrages und retaliation
has in some instances been threatened by
the excited people, he has received no in
structions to muke any formal demands on
this government; neither has he any infor
mation that such demands are contem
plated.
A Colored Uemm-ru* Receives an A).paint-
■ mint.
Washington, March 4.—The president
to-day nominated James C. Matthews, of
New York, to he recorder of deeds iu the
District of Columbia, vice Frederick Doug
las reigned- Matthews is a well-known
colored lawyer, a graduate of the Albany
Law School. He has been admitted to tho
bar of the United .States Hnpremu Court.
It is said tlist he has been successful in the
in the practice of his profession and has la
bored zealously and efficiently for the
Democratic cause in titato and national
campaigns since 1872.
A tlreeae llctwecu Franca and ltclflnm.
Pauls, Msrch 3.—Negotiations for the
Congo loan are broken off. The Flench
commission went to CoDgo to meet the Bel
gian commission for the purpose of defining
the boundary line between the territory of
Erance and tbit of Congo State. The
French commission waited • month, but
the Belgian commission did not appear.
The French commission » now returning
home. Premier DeFreycinet has demanded
un explanation from the Belgian Govern
ment.
A Khortace of ZI0. 000 In Federal roads.
San Francisco, March 3.—When Cashier
Boroenmnwa* restoredto hi* position in
the United Btatcs anb-Trcaanry in Una city,
some weeks ago, be refused to beecm* »■
s-ponaible nntil the caah waa counted W ken
counted a shortage oftlO/JCW waa dU«>ver-
.d. The Treasury Department at Wssh-
J^lon was Immediately notified, and a
special agent u now on but wry here to in
vestigate the matter.
Nr.w York, March 4.—Contrary to re
port, none of the horse car lines tied up
this morning. All of them, with the excep
tion of the Dry-Dock line, are running ns
usual. Tho latter line is completely block
aded, and this has caused some trouble to
the other lines which cross its route. home
of tho long lines iD Brooklyn extending
from the ferries to South Brooklyn are at n
standstill owing to tho strike of tho em
ployes for $2 a day and twelve hours work.
Two attemps were made to stait horso
cars in Brooklyn to-day. A car, in which
was M. Richardson himself and n detach
ment of police, after many mishaps and
considerable clubbing, made its way from
tho Fifth avenuo stables to the ferry. Tho
job with auother car was abandoned before
it had been ran twenty feet from the
Seventh avenue depot. A mass of railroad
iron effectually blocked its passage.
The cross town line made another at
tempt this afternoon to resume operations
At 1:30 p. m. police reserves were called
for, und shortly after these began filing
from nl Idircctions into Grand street. At
the eastern terminus of the road Superin
tendent Murray anil Inspector Steera of the
police department were present in full
uniform and rnado full preparations for a
battle with the Knights of Lalinr, which
they Beemed to expect. Fully 1,200 police
wore assembled. They patrolled Grand
street from the Bow ery to East River, a dis
tance of a mile, driving before them and
into tho side streets the masses of men
w ho had gathered.
Grand street presented a spectacle never
before seen in New York. Standing in front
of the Grand street ferry house, as far as
the eye could see west, wero overturned
horse cam, carts, trucks and wagons of all
kinds. At 2:15 a car was started from the
stables, and proceeded under an escort of
fifty police to tho starter’s stand at East
street. There tho line of march win
formed, headed by Snpcriu
t'inlt nt Murray and Inspector
Steers. First came six platoons of police,
then followed police, numbering 100, anil
the reur was closed by six more platoons of
police.. The force started amid tho shunt
ing of the mob. No obstacle was met nntil
the cor renched Cannon str.et. There was
a horse ear on its Bide. It was liftsd from
the track by the police who formed tho ad
vance guard of the column and cleared away
for tho piocessional cor. Its progress was slow
aud frequent stops were made. At Madi
son street the first stone was thrown aud
struck tho sido of the car. On tho cor wero
John llrodic, trackmister of the road, who
was driving, and John Angres, a conductor,
a gentleman wearing a sillt hat, who gave
his name as McLean and said
ho was a friend of President
White; Postmaster Fcrdick and Sergeant
McEvoy of the 32d precinct All tho wu;
to tho Bowery the track was obstructed witi
the wrecks of street cars and trucks, but the
advance guard cleared them. At Hcnr<
street auother stone went crashing throng!
a car window. At East Broadway a large
stono was placed beside the wrec
unnoticed, and the car was
thrown ot. This mishap was
greeted .with a tempest of yells front
tho thousands lining Uie streets. A perfect
pandemonium ’ prevailed. The car was
lifted on the track aud again went on its
way. At Ludlow street another window
wassmashodand rottoneggs thrown against
tho co«, At Allen street a blockade was
Met A car of the Second avenue und
other slineswero placed iu ail positions
across the track. Stones flew again and
another car window was broke. Tim ob
struction was removed after great lubor,
and again the car moved slowly
on. At Eldridge street more block
ades were found and the crowd attacked
tho police. A general fight took place
here, and tho clubs of tho police wero used
with a will und the rioters were driven
into the sido streets. Hats and caps were
left in abundance behind. Tho Grand
street merchants, remembering the recent
London riots, took in their stack, closed
their doors and put up their irou shutters.
The police were reformed and continued.
At the Grand street station of the Third
Avenue elevated road (the Bowery) was su
immense barricade of ears, wagons and
tracks.
From the windows of buildings on eacli
sido of tho street and from the elevated
railroad station thousands of spectators
looked down on the sea of people. Fur
blocks in every direction were long lines of
curs aud tracks massed, as if in design, in
a seemingly iuextriouble entanglement. All
travel was suspended. It wus 2:45 before
the way was cleared of the many cars which
hail been thrown ucross the tracks.
At Mulberty street u stono was thrown
Against the car. It struck Sergeant Mc
Evoy. The police at once charged the mob
furiously aud clubbed right and left, driv
ing before them the rioters who sought
safety in flight down the side streets. At
Center street another crowd waa masked,
end from this to Broadway the police hail
literally to club a way for themselves und
their car.
At Broadway not leas than 50,000 people
seemed to have been collected, hut they
were gathered more as sight-seers, being
attracted by the wild reports of the riot
which had preceded the police column.
This point was passed audit hissing, hoot
ing aud wild screams of every kind; hut
McL ean concluded not to abandon the cur,
Wooster street a pile of bricks
overturned as iho car was
passing and compelled it to stop.
This obstruction beiug removed, anutuer
street was made. At Hudson street anoth
er baricade had to be removed and it was
iloue amid the howls of the striker!. As
the car went towards North river the fac
tories on either side were emptied of their
employes, who greeted the |iolice
with execrations and reproaches.
The employes of Rothschild's factory
made themselves conspicuous by hissing
and deriaive shouts as the car passed. Near
West street was the last barricade. It waa
formed of eoul wagons, beer wagons and
logs gathered from round about At l)eH-
plaines street a load of cos) was dutu|ied on
the track. When the end ot the route was
reached, at 3:40 p. m., the police were al-
lowed to rest—"to spit on Uieir hands,”
one cf the strikers said.
After ten minutes, the return march waa
begnn, over tte same route and to the some
stables. There was any quantity of hiss
ing, hooting and bowling, but only two
obstructions were met s load of ssod on
the track at Canal atreet and a well-wedged
tsirric-de at the Bowery. With those re
moved, the police at qtuck steps marked to
the stables anil ran in the ear. The strikers
left for their homes, the police were
marched to the precincts, end the danger
of a general riot waa dispelled.
Many barricadra compelled the stoppage
of travel on the Fourth end Thiol avenue
lines, end this gave rise to a report that the
conductors and driven of these lines heel
joined iu the strike.
Superintendent White, of the Cross Town
Car Line, said, after the return of tho car:
“When we start to do a thing we generally
accomplish it."
Superintendent Murray says he will repeat
to-morrow tho march of to-day, if required
to do it by the railroad officials. Until this
trouble is over ire has ordered all police
reserves to be held in constant readiness for
a cull. He would uot need militia; the po
lice were quite able to cope with any emer
gency that might arise. In fifteen minutes
a big force of police could be concentrated
at nny given point.
No police officer wnsinjuredby tho stones
thrown to-day.
The police made very few arrests, and
those were for the most part discharged,
explaining that they were caught iu the
crowds while attending to their usual busi
ness, and only got free when captured aud
clubbed by the police.
Wiliiam Richardson, who controls the
cross town lino, is also the principal ownez
of the cur lines stopped iu Brooklyn be
cause of tho strike. Thcso lines arc the
Atlantic avenue, Fifth avenue, Seventh av
enue and Boorum street. These lines con
nect with all tho ferries to New Y'ork, and
throe of them—the Fifth and Seventh ave
nues and Boorum street—councct with the
bridge.
A mass meeting was hold to-night of the
car drivers of the various lines of this city.
SrsiKOFiKLO O., March 5.—Tho excite
ment in the strike situation is still intense.
Tho proprietors of the East street
reaper worira claim that only 3'J8 men are
out, but tho men themselves claim that
GOO arc out. There is no violence. Thu
Knights of Labor held a large meeting last
night. If no settlement can be reached
T. V. Powderly, master workman of the
Knighis of Labor, will ho appealed to as
arbitrator. The discharged men have re
ceived many offers of help from business
men and otLers. Tho men call on working-
uiuu to stay away from .Springfield until tho
difficulty is settled. Only a few outside men
linvc come in, and tow havo gone to work.
The men are already talking of boycotting
und arc in a shite of great excitement. Most
of the men discharged will bo destitute in a
short time. The proprietors of other facto
ries refuse to discharge the Knights of
Labor in their employ. The workmen aro
quiet and well disposed, and well fixed in
their determination to stand by tlieir action.
The manufacturers also declare their inten
tion not to yield. What the result will he
no mau cun tell yet. It is believed flint the
difficulties will he settled without violence.
Several shops in tho city have recently
made 10 per cent, advances in wages.
Chicago, March 4.—Fully 80(1 men aro at
work in the McCormack reaper works this
morning. Tho strike is considered at an
end. The unemployed workmen held a
meeting this morning, at which thoy pre
pared uu address to McCormack, in which
they stated thnt if live non-union men now
workiug in the foundry aro pluced in some
other department, where thoy will not de
prive the old hands of employment, a set
tlement is possible. The uddress soys:
“While we don’t dispute the right of Mr.
McCormack to hire and discharge whom he
sees fit, wo hold that no man shall ho dis
charged daring the working season without
just cause.”
Racine, Wts., March 4.-The men in the
blacksmith shop of J. I. Case's threshing
uiachino works have struck and refnso u
compromise of 15 per cent increase. Mr-
Cubc says: "I havo told my men
plainly that if they raised
much more trouble 1 should
close by tho works. If thoy pressed me too
hard, I said, they would havo to lake the
ill '
he has expressed tho determination to lend
all his energies to placing his line in first-
class condition.
On the Brunswick division, steel rails
have been laid the entire length.
Under the inspiration and leadership of
Mr. C. II. Hudson, general manager, the
the transportation department of tUo East
Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia railroad
is constantly improving, and will soon be
second to no trunk lino in the 8outli.
Commencing on the 28th of Fobruary,
Mr. B. W. Wrenn, general passenger agent,
placed a through train on the line, storting
from Atlanta at 4:23, p. m.,and reaching
New YorkatG:30, a. m., on the accondday.
The finest Pullman buffet cars aro at
tached to tho train, and aro ran
through. They are unequalled for eleganco
and comfort.
This train puts the passenger in New
Y'ork as early as any other line docs.
It is understood that this train will soon
bo started at Macon, at about 1 o'clock,
p. m. This will he of great advantage to
all this section.
On tho Covington and Macon Railroad
the work is progressing steadily and rapid
ly. Including the old Georgia Railroad,
about fifteen miles have been graded. The
work is being done in the best manner.
The management of the road will begin
track-laying iu a few weeks. This work
will probably ho commenced on the othor
side of the river, ns the bridge across the
Ocmnlgce will hardly he built until tho road
is completed.
As to tho Central, its reputation is nhovu
criticism. It would be difficult to find n
better officered, better disciplined, and bet
ter equipped road in the South. It is al
ways reliable, and it Is gratifying to stnte
that its business is constantly on the in-
creaso 4
A TERRIBLE TALK OF THE SEA.
business theiusolves and run it. I have al
ready lost $50,000 or $60,000 in a plow
uompapy, I will not loae any more."
A prominent Knlghtof Labor Bays: "The
men were foolish. Instead of arbitrating
first, they qnitwork and then sent in a com
mittee. That is not our way of doing busi
ness.”
Tie Knights of Labor iu Raccne nro a
moving spirit in its municipal affairs. There
is a proposition before tun city cooncil to
erect waterworks. Tho German assembly
of Knights of Labor sent a communication
to the council. In it they resolved to aid
and insure the (stahlishing of the improve
nient under tho following conditions.
1. Tho men employed at the manufacto
ry must be llacine citizens.
2. That tho eight hour labor system must
he enforced.
3. That wages paid the meu must not be
less than $1.00.
At a meeting of the council held last
night the communication waa placed on
file.
HAnatKiirno, Pa., March 4 -The jonr-
nameu plasterers of this city to-night held
a meeting at which they decided to demand
30 cenis an hour on and after May 30th.
A special from Lykins state* that a gen
rul strike of miners la contemplated iu that
region aliout May 1st, unless they aro ul
lowed the eight hour system and ten liour’i
pay. The men at Wilson's colliery who
went out last week for a restoration of 10
per cent, have been offered 7 per cent., hat
they refused it sail aro still out.
Kew Oiu.kanh, March 4.—To-day tho re
ceivers of the Texas anil Pacific road filed
a petition in tho United States Circuit Court
setting forth: "That last night a party of
armed, masked and disguised meu entered
and took itossesaiou of the shops and round
house nt Big Springs, Texas,
took a locomotive to pieces
and committed other depredations
on the property of said railway company,
ahd asking for instructions and protection.
The petition further says: “The employed
in tho shops along the line of said road in
Texas are on a strike, and tlie object of the
parties appears to be to prevent the opera
tion of the road until tlie demands of the
strikers are complied with."
Judge Pardee issued the following order
“Un consideration ot the foregoing peti
tion, it is ordered that the receivers are
authorized to suspend the running of
trains aud the transaction of 1; tininess upon
any part of the line of tbu Toxas und Pa
cific Railway or in tlie shops pertaining ‘
i.l railway.”
The officials to-day had numerous sppli-
cations for work, but all wero rejected.
The freight offices were opened to-day and
are receiving all shipments except live
stock. The strikers arc disconraged and
think the movement has been badly ban
d|. d.
THE RAILROADS.
Latest Information Concerning the Lines
thnt Centra in Macon.
According to the statements of officials
connected with the railroads, important im
provements have been made in the lines
centering in Macon, and still more inqior-
tant improvements arc to be made within
the near future.
An official of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia aud Georgia railroad gave a Tele
graph reporter the following information
yesterday afternoon:
One million dollars have been appi
printed by the management of the road for
permanent betterments. This large sum
la being rapidly expended for steel rails,
iron bridges, floe depots and terminal
facilities. The Urgent part of it ia being
expended . upon the Georgia division.
Large forces of hands are at work laying
Steel rn'.ln ahd rock ballasting the line, and
before the end of the year tba entire divis
ion will be in a condition equal to that of
the Pennsylvania railroad. Receiver Fink
is noted aa an improver of railroads, and
Tlie Steamer Saxon Wrecked on a Reef, and
Six Lives Log.
Halifax, N. F., March 3.—The stenmer
Beta, which arrived to-dny, brought from
Turk's Island the second ongineer and
several of tho crew of the steamer Saxon,
which was wrecked on tho evening of Feb
ruary 4 in the Caicos Passage. 'Iho steamer
was on a voyage from Now York to Capo
Haytien. They experienced very storm
weather early in tho passage. On the llftl
day out, about H o'clock p. in., and during
tho moderate weather, she struck ou Bird's
Lookout reef, aipl ou tho following day
broke in two.
The first and second engineers nud fonr
men then took to tho boat and reached the
shore safely. Another boat, lying along
side, ia which were two of tho crow, was
swamped when tho Saxon parted and both
men wero drowned. Two others of the
crew, by t-lio aid of a plank, swam to a
schooner 1} ing some distance away, leaving
Captain Wyman and four others on the
wreck. Thoy wero unable to get away, ex
cept by risking their lives in the sea. One
of those, tho chief mate,a son of the captain,
attempted to awtm to land, bift became
exhausted and drowned, Tho steward be
came crazed and, hopeless of being rescued,
leaped into tho sea and was not nfturwards
seen. High winds nud rough water in tho
neighborhood of the reef prevented nny at-
tempts at the reacno of the remaining sur-
vivors being madu until Monday, by which
time still another of the meu had been
wnshod away, anil the captain becom-
; delirious, hail died. On Sunday,
en the weather moderated nnd tte wreck
was hoarded by the men from the laud,
there was but one fireman and the remuina
of tho captain to romovo to the ahoro. Six
men in all lost thetr lives.
CRAZE FOR PUMPKIN PIE.
A Scarcity of the Vegetable Leads to a Gin
ger and Floor Adulteration.
Ten nr fifteen years ago pumpkin pie was
eyed with suspicion. New Yorkers had
read of the big pumpkin that bit tchabod
Crane up in Hieepy Hollow, when his horse
got scared. New Yorkers merely thought
that pumpkins were mode to nit people
with or else for jack-o-lonterns.
But all that has changed. The people
have altered their opinion about pumpkins,
as well os about a great many otln. r good
things, and society has got so it can't get
along without pumpkin pm, any more than
it could get along without elevated railroads
or church fairs. One thing is certain, and
that is that there a hundred times as many
pumpkins eaten here now as when, for in
stance, young men who cast their first vote
for Cleveland were boys. It is surprising
how many pumpkins nre sold every year in
Washington Market. An old vegetable man,
who furnished green stuff for all the
swell families forty years ago, slatted
to figure out an estimate for a Star re-
f iorter yeaterda;. After a painful and
aborions effort in which he put down a
row of figures ns long as a broom handle,
the huckster gave it up. He only knew
that he hnd handled 10,1100 pumpkins him
self last year and that there wero dozens of .
others in the markets who had sold pump
kins, too. This did not include the thou
sands of green grocers around town who
imported tho vegetable from J.-rsey and
Long Island. Then, besides, there are
people who get pumpkins direct from
country cousins who ran farms up in
Orango county nnd os far west aa Oneida.
In a little square room back of a down
town pie baker’s shop tho reporter counted
250 blooming pumpkins Inst night. Thoy
wore yellow, fat, round and luscious. Thoy
will ho turned into pies before to-morrow
night aud scattered nil over Manhattan
island. The boss baker said he usually
Used up 500 pumpkins a week, and nt that
bite there were sometimes not half enough
to go around. Ho nover saw such a craze
for pumpkin pio, he said, and every year
things were getting worso. Even mince
pie—which, ever Binco Dicdrick Hudson
got up n liig feast for his spinster daugh
ter's best young man, has more than held
its own—lias gradually begnn to wane as
compared with tho demand for pumpkin
pie. If things didn't chuugc soon, the boss
baker said, there wouldn't bo pumpkins
onough iu America to supply Now York
alone.
A restaurant man said that pies could bo
made of ginger und flour. Ginger colors
flour so that it looks i list liko baked pump
kin. Then a handful of spices is thrown
iu to kill off whatever suspicions flavor
there might be, and the pie iH served with n
greon pumpkin leaf on top. It takes an old
pie-eater to know the difference, the res
taurant man said.
KNtW H1H FRIEND.
THE SAWDUST SWINDLER'S HLAYElt
On Trial For Ills Ufo-Uollanil, the Texan,
Tells Itow He Killed Tom Davis.
New York, March 3.—In tho tiiol of
James T. Holland, of Texas, for the mur
der of Tom Davis, tho sawdust swindler,
now in progress, tho defendant took tho
stand, IIo told his former story of how he
bcciuuo acquainted with Davis; that he was
on the lookout for an attempt on Davis’s
part to rob him; that lie suspected the
game would be to show him good money;
i hat Davis actually aid cotint
out to him $1U,000 in good
bills and placed it in the valise;
that Holland attempted to secure this va
lise and carry it away with him; thnt in tho
■tragglo for tho possession of the valise
Holland became convinced thut his life was
in danger; thnt he heard Davis's brother
shoot from the other side of tho partition
to him (Holland) and thnt he then drew
his pistol and with the first shot killed
Davis and fired another shot through the
mrtition in the direction of the suggestion
o kill. Holland illustrated the relstivo
positions of himself und Davis und his own
motions in tho act of drawing and firinr
his pistol, Assistant District Attorney Fel
lows personating Davis. To make the
illustrations more realiatie the pistol
which Holland had used on Davis
was used in the pantomine.
TIIE1R LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE.
Persecute*! Celestials Jumping Oat of tho
Frying-pan Into the Fire.
El Paso, Texas, March 4.—In the last
fow days a largo number of Chinese from
California lutve passed through El Faso on
their way to New Orleans and Texas cities,
and many of them ore alto locating in the
territorial towns of New Mexico and Arizo-
Han Francisco is represented
swarmed with Mongolians, who have been
driven out of Oregon and Washington ter
ritories, and ths pressure, it is churned, is
being relieved by the Hix Companies ship
ping them east, where antagonism ngains
the Chinese is not as strong as on the Pad
tic Slope. This influx, however, into the
territories of Arizona and New Mexico has
aroused latent antagonism there and anti
Chinese leagues havo already been organ
ized at Socorro and other towns in New
Mexico, and nt Tucson and Tombstone,
Arizona, which place* are >offering from
the heavy increase in their Chinrso popula
tion, and which may lead to their violent
eviction, as was recently the esse in Wash'
ington Territory,
COURAGEOUS LADIES.
Ciieisea, Mien., Msrch 2.—Twopromi
neut loilies, wives of George B. Glazier ami
John It. Gates, thwarted what would have
been a heavy bank burglary last night.
They were going home from the sick bed
a friend, at midnight, and in passing the
Chelsea Havings Bank saw burglars at work.
There were four men. One of the men,
who was on the lookout, threatened
ahoot the women, who ran away, terribly
frightened. Determined to prevent the
robberty, if possible, they aronsed several
of the citizens, who started for ths bank,
end at the noise of their coming the bnrg-
lara fled. Prom the character of their
work on the safe it is believed that they
were professional safe blowers.
» past, 1
whether loed
. believing that it ia as nnreaaonabla
a majority of men to claim the right to
eay what a man shall drink a* to say what
be shall eat or what be shall wear, whether
ha studl rid* or walk, or shall chaw
amoks, or do neither.
The Grateful Remembrance of a Man who
Was In Strain.
Texas Siftings.
One of tho brightest lights of tho Austin
bar was standing on the corner of the ave
nue, surrounded by a group of admiring
friends, when n man with a peculiar stride
anil close cropped liair walked up to the
lawyer and, taking one of his hands in both
' his shook it as if ho was going to wrench
from his body, saying;
“It’s ten years since I saw you, but I
know you as soon as I laid eyes on you.”
The lawyer was embarrassed, bat the
rough-looking stranger helped him oat.
on did me a kindness, once, jedge, and
et I ever forgit it mny my right arm clove to
the roof of my mouth. Don’t you ramom-
her when you practised law ten years ago,
up in Dawson cuntlty? You did mo a kind
ness I never shall forget ’’
The friends of the lawyer cast admiring
glances nt him, and one of them said to the
other that ho, the lawyer, always bads good
heart.
Yes,” continued the stranger, still bold
ing to the lawyer’s band. “I hod shot a
man in Belf-dofese, and the sheriff was go
ing to look me up, when yon nobly volun
teered to go my bond. And yon didn’t
know me, either.”
The lawyer said bethought he recollected
the circumstance, while the admiring
friends sold: “Just like him. Ho is always
going about doing good."
Yon offered to go my bond, but tho
sheriff said he would lio d d if any jack
legged shyster could shove a straw-bond off
on him, and if you remember, judge, ho
refused to spprove the bond and I was
locked up,but 1 waa always grateful to you,
just tho sniue. Y’ou tried to help me ac
cording to law. I broke jail that night and
crippled several people getting away, bat
thanks to yon I got away."
Where have yon beon aince?" asked the
lawyer, seeking to change the conversation.
"I am just out of the Kansas penitentiary.
I would never have got in tbar it yon hnd
been about. A feller refused to drink with
me and 1 had to shoot him. Let’s step across
and havo something,” aud running bis am
through that of his legal friend they marched
across the street, tho jndge keeping step
like s soldier, while the friends on the side-
walkswspped opinions about what a bad
eye that man bad.
Tba Preacher and the Poker Chip.
Omaha Republican.
A Red Cloud preacher wore his son's
watch and chain to a ministerial associa
tion. He could not understand the extra
amonnt of attention lavished upon him an!
til s good brother pointed out that the queer
Witch charm which be sported was noth tag
more than an ivory poker chip.
large Cotton Fire In Saw York.
New Yobs, March 3.—Fire broke out at
midnight on the cotton laden barges Geoige
W. Dale and Charles Whitney, lying at the
National Steamship Company's dock in
North river, and did $35,001! damage to the
cotton. The boats were damaged about
$5,1X10. The cotton erne from the Char
leston steamship dock and was consigned to
the Gitoin Lino. It is owned by a number (
of shippers uuil was insured in various
marine companies.
The London Socialists Committed for Trial.
Loxd'X, March 3.—Bums, Hymlman,
Williams and Champion, the (Socialist lead
era, were again before ths police court to*
day and after a further be iring were com- I
mitted for trial on theebargo of inciting the i
subjects of the Queen to riot. The defend- i
ants were permitted to fnrnish bail for their j
appearance.
Fonr Men Killed In a Railroad Accident.
Utica, N. Y., Msrch 3.—A treigbi train
on the Ontario and Western railroad went I
through a bridge near Fish Eddy, Delaware
county, hut night. E. F. Smith and Alf |
Reynolds, the conductor, and twobnkemen ,
who were tiding in the caboose were killed j
and their bodies wera burned to einden.
Death of a Prominent Churchman.
Loiisvu.t.a, Kv.. March 3.—Rev. Dr. .-
Samuel Ramsay Wilson, aged 66 yean, died 1
here to-day. He waa the leader of the split (
which canned lb* establishment of the
Southern Presbyterian Church.
Psor. Max Muluoi dares to say that there
an long pisasgsa avail in Homer which
asata to him extremely tedious, and that not
a few of Goethe's writings ream to him