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rHfi M a<’t>WEEKLY TKLflfiKAPH: Tt ESDAY MORNINO, MAHQH 8, '887.—TWELVEPAGES.
\U brewing in congress
n
taB bakdall charged with DE.
^ LAYING business.
.teilerca an Extra Session Nee
•** u A MiusaehusetU Man Noinl-
'““IiTted for Recorder or needs -
H. It* lti»r**I** Get* a Place#
Wisaison”'' Febrnarj 28-Wat is brewing
J ?iffn tue two bonnes ot Congress. Mem-
*®, th » Senate committee on appropn-
/• r, “ f ibo re usually very guarded in
utterances, make no concealment of
I? ...nlnton that an extra session is now
|b*lrot>. vitahlt; nor do they hesitate to
I Te tbs blsme where they think it belongs,
I" , ,,o or three conferences on the sun-
arv civil bill last week, which were almost
Kffied by the early withdrawal of the
Re conferees, a meeting was secured at
E! oMnek yesterday morning, whioh wae
I Lnded by the Senate members to last
trough the^ay. and through last night M
r, n if necessary to complete the bill and
E... the desks for the remaining appropna-
¥“* h ,i| 9 The programme was broken
rj bv the ebairman of the House
ELmittee on appropriations, who, at
a'clook, left to meet an engage-
the record made np,
OFMKS. DRUSE. HOLOCAUST ON THE RIVER.
1 oanrU lui IUQ UfUBUI. Ul wriWtl- UIUUCIO
Vi “? Te l ^° ? e, b read the minority report vate property owners. Tue post office ap-
; “5‘ ibe House oa the propriation bill was In conference, the dif-
DERESS ARE UNAVAILING.
I'BFffiKSfi’S 1 I ference being in regard to the subsidy
Jerkin t I amendment adopted oy the Senate. Tho
M A « e ?i* 1Q dulgo the Senate,” said I deficiency bill was in the House, and could .
air. sutler, "by reading it myself with I bo passed UDder a suspension of rules un* I only a Small Number of Pen
ALL EFFORTS TO SAVE THE MUR- A RIO TOMB1GB9& STEAMBOAT B5-
TIRELY DESTROYED.
I . • . "n • ■ nuu I UU unsscu UUIlPt it Bii.u iru-juu vt a uivo — •*
r.°r at , m ? re ,^ y, I ber ftlion, perhaps, I less people who wanted to secure an ap-
c er ^ would have* read it ” proptiition tor the payment of Pacific rail* ■
lie thereupon proceeded to read very road and other claims should preveut it.
slowly and deliberately the minted report This legislative bill had been be-
referred to, his principal object being ap- fore the House f >r nearly a
patently the consumption of time. | month, and it was the fault of |
the Hanging—A Short HUtory of tlio
Woman'* Crime Great Mul
titude* About the Jail.
Twenty People Meet a Horrible Plate - Half
White ami llair Colored - Several
Children Among Them-Par
ticular* Vnohta! liable.
T — —, uiuMeu, »u.. •• ««« -**« *.-«•- — , Hkiikimer, N. Y., February 28 —Preciso-
in the course of reading Mr. Cullom sug- the House and not of the committee that it ly at 14 o'clock the trap was npruog and
Rested that as the Senator did not seem to I had not been token up. There had been Mrs. Druse was hanged Tho execution was
be a very good reader, the document should an effort made to belittle the House and attended by no sensational feature, except
be sent up to the clerk, but as Mr. Butler I the Democrat majority compared with post wbat arose from her sex. It was conducted
was tlattenng himself (he said) that he was 1 Congresses. This House stood in a won- with due decorum, in private, in the pres-
doing remarkably well, except that dtrfully favorable light in the matter of I ence of only the thirty-five persons
perhaps be * might be readiog too I the transaction of business. It hud placed permitted by law to bo present. Be-
rapidly to Bmt the Senator from Illinois, upon tho statute books more useful legisla- cause the criminal was a woman, great in-
n COn< Dne he hat begin*, and 1 tion than any previons House within his I tercet has been attached to her case and
he did so. He deolined to yield to any in-1 recollection. The Democratic side wab to j strenuous efforts have been made, through
terruption or suggestion on the part of Mr. I be commended by the people for its I petitions ana the press, to induce the exer-
»i i put an ead to straightforward, its clean, its useful record I ciso of executive olemency. Her crimo was
this sicw, relentless method of retaliation, 1 in connection with legislation promoting I one of phenomenal atrocity, but was the re-
und ho read on tor a stretch of over au the interests of the American people. suit of twenty years of miserable domestic
past four he reached the end The bill waa then read by paragraphs for I slavery, which was rendered more intoler-
of the document, and told Senators that if amendments. I able by abuse from her husband. A qnarrel
they would read it in the Record to-morrow Mr. Blanohard, of Louisiana, raised the I occurred on the morning < f the homicide
they would Hud it very interesting, and I point of order against the words "in fall I between Dra^e and his wife at the break-
would be well repaid. He believed teat the I compensation” in tho appropriating clause, i fast table. Druse was still at the table, and
clamor about the bill had been raised for I A long and uninteresting discussion ensued j during the quarrel of words Mrs. Druse
ociuw-, -— - . - the purpose of extracting from the treasury I and lasted for nearly two hours, when the I went into another room and took a loaded
i€Lt Tue conferees met again 1 pay for th* secatt e The bill, in hi* opin-1 chair snbmitted the point of order to the I revolver which was there, and, uniting it
l u nd 9 in the evening, but before midnight ton, violated every principle of the consti-1 decision of the committee. The committee under her apron, returned and whispered to
he same gentleman withdrew, alter Riving j tution. The power given to the commie-1 decided (1G5 to 24) that the point was well I tho boys to go out of doors, which they did,
Lotim that he could not nieet hi* fellow sioners was Iho most monstrous and dan-1 taken, and tho words were stricken from leaving herself, the daughter Mary and Mr.
:obf trees s*hid until Tuesday night. Mem-1 perons over conferred on any three men in I the bill. I Druse in tho room. Mary then plaoed a
tern of the Senate committee express great I the United States. I The point of order was raised against an I rope around her father’s neck while be was
ndicuation at the whole course of pro-1 Mr. Van SVyck renewed his amendment I appropriation for salaries of a couple of I at the table, and Mrs. Druse fired tbe re
ceding* by the H »use and its managers in I extending the application ot the bill to tho I clerks of the House, being a reduction in I volver once or twice at him, wounding him.
re *ptct to appropriation bills, h our of the | saino plague and cholera and other oootA-1 their salaries. The point of order was over-1 He fell over sideways in the chair. Mrs.
LqqqiI appropriation bills have not yet | gious diseases among swine. Adopted, and I ruled and Mr. Felton, of California, ap-1 Draft*, being unable to moke the revolver
e»cued ih^ K« n *te. There is already talk | the bill was passed—yeas 32, nays 19— as I pealed from the decision of tho chair. A | go off again, called to the nephew, Frank,
it tbepwsag® of a resolution extending ap-1 follows: j Jong aud noisy uiscoMicn ensued, and then | who c«m<* into the house, together with
[iropriatioDH for six months upon the basis 1 Yeas— Allhon, Blackburn, Blair, Bowen, I tho committee sustained the decision of the the boy George. Whereupon M-s. Druse
ot those cf the current year. v. is said at 1 Camefo n * Cheney, C jckrull, Cullo Dawes, 1 chair—112 to GO. I gave the revolver to the nephew, and, un-
,be Senate that this expedient, besides lead-1 Evarts, Fdr, Hals. Harrison, I» galls, Me-1 The committee then rose, and, on mo-1 der threat of killing him, compelled him to
ana to entanglements and unnecessary ex-1 Millau. Mahone, M inderson, Miller, Mor I tion of Mr. Holman, it was ordered that I fire it two or ibree times. Mr.Drase.be-
Ceoditure as in the past, could only oover 1 rill, Palmer, Payne, Plumb, Riddleborger, I afi,er eulogies on tho late Representative I ing hit by tbe shots, rolled off the chair
(the failure tf the legislative and naval jSibin, Sherman, Spooner, Teller, Van I Cole, ot Maryland, this evening, the House upon the floor. Then she seized an
bills. Matters to be provided for ia the 1 Wyck, Voorhees, Williams and Wilson of I shall resume consideration of publio busi- axe aDd hit her husband on tho
uLdry civil and deficiency bills woud still I Iowa—32. I nesa. head with it, he exclaiming, "Ob, Roxy,
lemand explicit attention and definite ap- Nays—Berry, Butler, Coke, Colquitt,] The House, at 5:15, took a recess till 7:30. don’t!” She continued nitting him
iproprUtions.* I George, Gorman, Hampton. Harris, Haw- TBB NI0UT session. on Jthe neck until she ccopped his head
[he President has vetoed the bill *nich [ ey Jones of Arkansas, Maxey, Morgin, ... . .. »r„„. 0 tn off. sorering it completely from the body.
LoriiM lor • pabllc building at L»F#j-1 l>utt, Pagh. Vanc*. V..I, \Vtxit'. “J" ““ S“u 0 n. P s >»e then oTaaed tbo heil« well u tie
l.tte, 1 tboruo slut Wilson of Mar; land—19. I * , e .♦'nil. 0 body *® *>a taken into tbe parlor, and dnr-
I ij, s |> f <#id«nt today DomlDateA Hemy Pairs were auuonneeil between Brown ? log that day aod cxeniog the body was cat
III. H.rri*. ol Georgia, to tbe third assistant and Djlph, Henna and Mitcaell, O^den and °P with an axe and Was bnrmd in tbe
* 1 ’ 1 ' - Lulogistio addresses were delivered ! ^ Rhe threatened to kill tbs boys ii
thoy to'.d wbat bad omrarred, burned all her
„ „„ hnsbsnd’a clothes and made every possible
j ble, Buaw, UcGomas, Herman ituci icasK* j conceal the crime causing the
lisfred Denglass’s old office, to wbiob Mat-1 a long report as to the ditbonlaes existing I TJ 10 *® solutlona wtr0 unan ' m0UB '^ | ashes in tbe stove to be taken np and
I the®«. the Albany colored man, waa ap- in conference, and whioh prevented anl^SPvB
“r 1 thro#n in a swamp and the revolver and
Iho House then went into committee of | BVa , A m»n n nmui Mh«# ai*n
difftrence between the man .gore’ on tbe I ^
rwawt nf t\.A tarn Itnnaaa ia ..rnovru/i tn ka t).n I 0111.
I pointed bat not confirmed by tbe Senate. I agreement. The irreconcilable point of I™ I axe to be thrown Into o pond. She also
‘ I .nJ tbe whole on the leg^Ulive sPP™?™ 1 '®" bad telegrams rent to triends in other
1 bore stemed to bo a strong dinposi I i. fai.a ami miaUarUnt? innmr.
I . T, " : ■» E ? AT n m. ... I part of the two hooses is repoiied to be the I di "P°“-1 places, making false and mtaleading ioqair.
I Minister Jaekaon » KiMiBiintlon-Thc 1 leu- i BB i s t anoe on the part of the H mae mans- ^I'b^.'nrn.i.^orntSIu «• < ! « *o her husband, and compelled tbe
rn*Pneumonia lilll Passed. gets to add to the scope of the Senate bill bojs t.> tell everyone that her husband had
Wamijnoton, February 28.—The ptssid- the further provision that ia case of inja-1 nOto™ ndit nr p* gone sway from home, she herself telling
I ing officer presented to the Senato a mes-1 nous treatment to American vessels ia I I h«* nelghbon faltehoods of every descrip-
I sage from the Pre«ident in response to a I British North American waters it shall be I Ad ® y ®®J®,"° Ae “ n ^ I tion as to her husband’* wheroabonts.
I resolu'ion in reference to the seiznre aud within tho competence of the Presi- JPP 10 ^ 1 " 11 ®? Daring tho evening while Mrs. Dmso
|.»!»cf tho American schooner llebecc. at d„ n t to stop intercourse absolutely, not °t «“« p dmentayreyopted inonmtng ftDil u „ y wtre burning tho body in the
I Tampico snd to tho resignation of the late only by water hut by land, thus cutting otf Sf,J!!? ™ h I^nmWc patlor the two bojs amused themselves in
I mimister to Mexico (VIr. Jackson), stating I the continuous movement of railway trains I P f t , playing oheckera in tho adjoining room
I that it U sot deemed oompaUble with pub- {r)m the British provinoea to anvnatt nf 1 wharetha murder had been committed,
lie interest to commnuioate the correspond- the United States, and in effeot recipro- M Mis. Druse had previously made threat)
ence in either oa*e at present. cally from the United States to the British ,n nnt?t the deposed and boasted thst-abo
1 Mr, Brown anbmitted remarks on the dominion. The 8enate msnagers had felt I tff tt aS.rlSriL 1 » onld be rid of him some day. The re-
I sobj-ct of tbe message. He stated tbe facts it to be a duty to decline to go to that ex- ?!nntKeav.iT volver bad been proonred and brought into
I in connection with the atizure ol the Re- tent. The report ia ngued by the Beoate ‘‘®“ the house under peculiar aud auapioloua
I btccs in 18St. The claim for indemnity oonferees. Senators Edmunds, Frye and ubl ,® " n ‘“‘.9® *“‘® ®* ol . n r ““f„ J cireumstancos, indicaUng feioniona pur-
!¥?.«•“I Tb ® w« ItfSMKftrZSfJSTMI MBry> WM>nrtn , rflt0
Mrs. Drnso was not
jalf, and to this day
j some oral admissions,
I view taken of the snbjeet by the late minis-1 and passed.
of twenty minute. | \
Her defense was that she had been made
insane by long-continued abnse from her
rose and tbe Honse at 1:1«> o. m., took a re-1
cess until 10 o'etook to-morrow morning.
husband, tint this was not considered anf-
fleieut mher by ths jury or Governor Hill,
to whom repeated appeals lor clemenoy
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Monit-a, Ai..., March 1.—Tbo steamer W.
H (ieroi.t r, one if ihe largest hosts plyinu
on the Tomhigb ■» rt-er from Mobile, was
burned ibis afternoon, three inihs below
Gainesville, Sumter conuty, Ala. daptnin
F. S Moi.u telegraph# to the Register from
Epes, AtS, that the boat is a total loss,
together wtthjfonr bandred and sixty-fonr
bates of cottoi.. Tue loss nf lifo is very
largo, ns follows; S. O. Blaekmin, Jnle
R*nih.rt nnd two children, of Demopolis;
Mrs. W. F. Remberl ami three ebitilren, of
D.ntotiolls; Then. L Graham, G Rotes
and the following colored people: John
B.ynn (s'.ewarf) Green Jenkins, Ilcnry
Ford, Ilayward Unison, L Lindsey, Virgil
Jones, Amos Harris and three nuknown.
Mrs. It Hubert ia the wife of the
elerk and part owner of th„ l>,' it
Tne remaining whites were passengers
living in the upper TombigbtS) district. No
dulutai of the cinse and orogress of tho fire
have been rtc-i>eil' The G irdoer was bnllt
five yeare igo for the Tombighee trade.
Sbn war owned b; F. S Stone, Sid. U.
Uolemsn and W. F. ltembert, nnd valued
at Sib.UIX), and is reported to be be fully
insured. The o dton was insured in local
companies for $25,0 0.
Mrs lt mbert and three children lived in
Denuip ilii, Ala, whioh ia \V. F. Rambert's
home, and mIso the dome of Jnle Humbert.
W. F. ll.-mbert lives here most ot his time,
Before making tbe last trip he wrote his
wits to j >m htut with bis tnree children nt
Demopolis and make tho trip np to the
highest landing and return. It is snp-
rosed that bn invited nlso
ria cousin Jnle Humbert and his two
obildrcn, and it was intended to be a picas-
ute trip tor the party. The negroea who
Ion their lives are deckhands from Mobile,
and lU'-Rt cf them leave families. It cannot
be learned Inst the beat whs insured,
though it was at first reported to be tully
covered. *
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
The- Air rolluted liy Corpses In the lluliis —
limit NuOVrlriff.
Loxnos, Maroh 1 —Fialirt.nen in the bar-
l»rr or Genoa on the night preceding tbe
nattbquoae noticed (bat the set. bad retr. nl
id a yard moro tlsnumisnol. Instinctivel:
feeling that dsngt r via near, they remained
'lie wh >le night in their hosts. The inl.sb
itants of Oneg.'la complain that tl.s au'b-iri
lieu neglected tuem b. name of the be
lief tbut tbo t ,*s still-red more that
olbut#. On tbe contrary, they say thuwiril
of tne hnni.es, hsiog wad hnilt. withstood
the aback# All the tnt. riur. eollspieel, in
oor>eqtiurio* «f which a lumber of persona
are couipabid to live in bheds. The sutler
ing is great through- nt tho country. U
30tt Louies bnnrd st Dtano Marin-
only flfieen were tdeni.fied. Fiv.
the up and p. rsons there are mill camp
ing out. The sir is becoming of. n
sivc, owirg to the ater-cb arisiog l.om
4-irpses in tne rains. Hlrncltres in which
the injured ct Rij.irdn worn sheltered wire
b'ovn down by tee wind, aud before the
hapless paiiuma could tie removed to a
place of safety they were all covered wi h
anew and hal' sn-enmbed.
Blight shock* wore felt to-day at Slop-
tern aud Ceriells. Tho Genoese have con
tributed $20,COO in Ibrte days for relief.
Tbe following is an cfllci .1 list ot Ihe I'ab
tin earthquake victims: Alattio, :i deiul and
8 irjnred; Alhenga, fiOlt jnrod; Abisha, 3 dead
arm 12injured; Bajardo, 2:i-l diad. 20 In
jnred; B issanc. HO dead, 27 Injured; Gostel
lari), it dead. (',5 injured; Ucriuna, 15 dead,
12 tr jnred; Diano Stello, 35 dead, 10 ir-
jnru.; l>u..o tlaiino, 180 Ctad, G5 ir jnred;
Montalto Lignre, 1 dead, 3 Injured; N di, 10
dead, 12 Injured; Oacglia, 23 tb i-l, IDO In
ured; Tompeitn, 5 dead, 7 injured;
furto Maunzio, 1 dead, 10 injured; Savo-
nift, II dead; Taggis, H dead, 11 Injured;
Triora, 4 dead, 0 injured, l'wonty thousand
persons are homeless. The material losses
are estimated at $10,000,000, falling mostly
upon industrious villagers.
THREE CHILDREN BURNED.
hr, Mr. Jackson. He intimated that that | After a seoret session
lud baeu one of the oausos cf Air. Jackson's I the Senate adjourned,
ruignation. Mr. Jaekaon believed that
American citizens had been seized and im-1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
prisoned and shamefully deprived of their I
property in Mexican ports, and that rob-j Mr - Randall Ili-fend# Ilia Committee and | The New Itccorder of Deeds.
Wry Md been committed with the aid arid **• Democratic Mnjurlty. Wasiusoion, February 28.—Jamea Mon-
pretended authority of the local Mexican! WaauwoTog, February 28.—In the Honse, I roe Trutter.nominated to-day to be recorder were made.
conrt. Mr. Holman aeked nnanimons consent that of deeds of the Distriet of Columbia, in neirsnw muuvapnvnmirg
A', then quest of the presiding officer, reading the journal be dispensed with, but I place of Matthews, who was twice rejected THh JALRBUN wwinaorunirpaca.
Mr. llrown yielded tho floor temporarily I Mr. Brady, of Virginia, interposed an ob-1 by the Senate, Is a colored citizen of Mas-1 The ;vrr*i<!rnt m i linra to ruhiuh It at
fir the nsval appropriation bill, which had I j action. The Honse went into committee I sschnsctu, a d ia in the forty-eighth year pre».-nt-Tho Jteiiecrii c«»e.
ju#t been reoeived irom tho House, nnd it I of the whole, Mr. Springer in the chair, on of his ego. His early ohlldhood was spent WisnirroTox Fohrnsry 28.—The commn
»*» read the flrst time. The presiding offl- the legislative apprnpria ion bilk In tbe Bute of Ohio. For thirty-five yean I nloation from 'the Secretary of State laid
cer having presented the naval appropris- Mr. Holman briefly ran over the items of he has resided in Massacbnsetts, aud where bcfot6 ths g enate t 0 ^*. ( n response to the
tion bill, iu Ni-cond reading to-day waa ob-1 inereaae and deoreaae reoomnjtftided in the pnor to the war be was a teacher. Soon after re , 0 ] nticn M ))j D g for tbe correspondence in
jected to by Mr. Edmonds, who stated his I bill, and defended the course of the com-1 the breaking ont of the rebellion he enlist- I tbo 0|lie 0 J tb8 Amerioan aebooneri R*-be cos,
resaons for doing so. He complained of mittee on appropriations, while he was ed as a private in the 55th Massachusetts ud ln tb# maUer ot mnl.ur Jaokson's
tho greet and unwarranted delay on tho plied with qmationa front members of the regimeut of colored troops, and was pro- Ie# , t , atya that while it is thought „ . . n. T -
part ot the Honse in sending to the Senate committee un foreign affar#, whose diplo-I moled for sots of bravery on the I thepnbUelnUnat would not be promoted Tll “ ,r t»tl>»r* I'.rrurta to Save Them Prove
ike KM*t appropriation bills, anJ an-1 matio appropriation bill bad be«n so riidlea | field until he became lieutenant. Upoo I he publication o( tbe eurreepondenoe in
nounced hi* nettled dete rmination not to I with poiuU of order emanating from tnem-1 return to civil life he was appointed * od ‘ eitharc wetbecireamkUncaaot theieizare
bare theoi railroaded throngb the Nduate. I here of tbe appropriation c »imnitte», and I filled for oighteen yean* the poeition of 1^ Iisbaeoa. it is thought, may be prop-
l’he Senate should haro the neoeasary time | who appeared glad ot an opporinnity to | oeaUtant anperinu ndent of ihe regie-1 ei j y Tbo Secretary then reviews
to give Ini) ooneideration to them. Tbe reUliato in kind. tered loiter depaitment in the Boaion | ^jjieory of the ca«eand »»y»: "This
bill in reference to tbe fishery troubles had| Mr. Cannon, of Illinola, and Mr. Butter-1 post-office. trom this position be | <j 6 p AT t m * u t baa taken tbe nronud that as
not jet been passed finally, and if Coogreaa worth, cf Ohio, attacked the appropriation was retired in 1884 on account, it is said, |}j » RelM . 0/ ^ driven by atresa of weather
were to adjourn without having made aome | committee for ita^ilatorineea in preMnting | of bit independence in pollute and bia | £ rom faer i n t e0< |ed course, and entered the
proviaion on tbe aubjeot, it would be the the appropriation bilks, and consumed aome avowed purpoae ot supporting *port ot Tampioo in diftreaa, mailing no
duty of the President to caltthe new Con- time in political apeechee. Mr Batterwortb Cleveland. During the campaign of 1884 Jttempt to conceal unmanifeated mereban-
Rtt*a in extra aeaaion. Tho Inter-State in hia remarks especially condemned the ho waa appointed one of the aecretariee of di#6 r od without any intention on the part
commerce commissioners had for some rea* I committee for wbat he called tho cheese-1 the committee of one hundred of Bjston, I 0 j master or owners to violate
mi or not been appointed, and he did not paring eyatem of economy on which thi Maas., and was active in support of the ^ n cautions or tariff laws of
»«• in the condition of things that any nn- bill waa formed, and initaneed the case of nominees of ihe Democratic party. It te n ex j*k the vessel waa not liable
dQe hate should be made about the appro-1 the Civil Bervlce Commission, the provision | stated that he was strongly recommended | to prosecution for smuggling or lor
pristioa bills, or that the Senate abonld be for which bad been cut down below the by the oitisena aud the pnas of Uyde lark, bringing goods into port without proper
screed from iu wise and well ordered rules amount absolutely indUpenaihle for tho dis- Mass., where he resides, for the position of BD< j th e M i sa re and sale of the vea
of buriueHs lie saked that the committee I charge ot its duties. He accused the pwty I pod master ot that place, and be ia said to | under the ciroumatancea above stated,
ou apprepriations should make a statement I of endeavoring to destroy the civil service I be regarded by those who know him as a | WRH a Rrow| Q f comity and hospital
*i to the condition of business | reform law by indirection, which it was | man of high character and sbility. He l* |t* pMnliuiy unreasonable and unjust,
btafements were thereupon made by Sena* I afraid to do directly. .. I t * ie volume entitled "Musio and I Mexican gcvsmment, while denying
1 **- ” — People of the Colored Rioe, that the entrance of the Rebecca into Tam-
tow Hale and Allison, showing the ob*u-1 Mr. Cabell, of Virginia, placed the blame I the Mo*ical 1
rits thrown in the way of legislation by the I of the backward condition on the pending I
House, and intimating their opinion of the bill on tbe House itself, snd declared tnat THE TEXAS INVESTIGATION* —
impomibllity of gettii k thron^h tbe neooa-1 tbe r -gala# Hlity did not "a* ?“ the com-1 -lyitneserie to Prove the Itad Charac-1 the cantc orilerisg the eale of tbe veuel ie
**ry barinea, of legUUtioa before noon on mltt^RjproprlaUon. CritieUm of that **»" " Ansi and concltuTve, e.pecUl; aa tbe nine-
•he 4th of March. committee came with ill grao# from the *' Ur and owner, failed to Uke an appeal
At 2 o’clock, on motion of Mr. Blair, the gentlemen from Louisiana (Ulanchvrd) the^L fo- l ' om the i^dzmMrt ao r.nderej to another
Hoiue labor arbitration bit waa taken up who wat a member ot the commlRee on| «h?.wa»on tbsjitsad *hmi^ UraTwaa_la_| aaUla contended might have been
*od passed without amendment. rivers and harbor., whoeebtll had blocked I done. Thla department liu oontealed
Upon motion ot Mr. Bisir, th« Hoo#a till I uo the way. It came with ill graoe from afternoon, waa recdled tbta morniog. 11a I uj d tn i^ lb0 doctrine that ■
to prevent the employment of convict or I tbe gentlemen itrom IiUctfloi v t!aAcn ; ‘ha f.seiing in V iiehington_con y j g0 .. ?rimM , t miy set np t ba judg
*lien labor upon publio buildings or public Tbe committee bad been caUed together on agointt the memorialUta WM veiTr bitter. ment Q( on6 of lM own c3U rta as
*orka or in the prep iration of material for 224 of November, but th« gentleman had erpeciMly atalnatMootr.onaeoouBt ofhls I . bar to an international claim, when snob
public buildinga or publio works waa taken been delinquent, and «»•»?*“*<dSIm judgment i* ahown to bava been unjuat or
up and Without diseueaton or amendment committee baring the legiaUtive bill 10 I ‘be witness had never beard him dell et | , Q .rioLttion of the principles of iaterna-
wupassed. | ehatge had been retarded w He wo, h by I one. t„.i n t.. K* i n I tional law; and haa further maintained that
Upon morion of Mr. X’iumh, the House rexaon ol tbet gentlemen btlngabaent ^ok- ^U.Rinae nfeatn cr by t rad , en • nn(ltr tbe clronln ,ULoea of tbe eae# and in
Mil to provide for tbe adjustment of land ing after a ae*t in the ISenabe. It -«me VLTutation ofSe U«e:ol tbe fact that prior prooetdir ga had
granta brntofore made by Congreaa end I with ill grace from Ohro (Hutterworth) I fer of Mooiea * n ' o I b.en ao palpably arbitrary aud nDjaal, the
t-malning unadjusted waa^teken np, and I to criticiie the Domocratio. party for rfjl4-1 charge# that th-ra wae a ma-ter and ownera war# not bound to at-
after Ube adoption of aindry ingt» popuUr clamor, in tiew of the f«t Uscureit at a depreclarimn. oUo «t the in- len!pt lal1
Mmcdmenta waa puted. A conference | tbit that grpOeman, after roundly dS; | I tribSLla.
pioo was enforced by elreea of weather, haa
taken tha position that the judgment of
ordered upon it.
I pon motion of Mr. Hiller, the pleura-
attl—.*
Iiuiae>ri
. Mule
tUl'* 9
SSTee!
notractng the ioter-State commeree biU lud the oouneel given by Colonel Oiddona for e
cut hie vote In fevor ot it ILtugbrer ] quiet end pacific eourae in deakng with the
pneumonia bill ... t.k.n » tI ‘ n the Ur It mdall eeid it bad beoome a faahion I tronblea reported or that might arise; alap
cent giou^ule h <U^ , ^ f,> exlUp * Ung | 'tud^bm re.dy for action by the Hoiue | in an officul eapeeity at the inqntat on tho
otber _ aide bad not! three negroe. -bang'^end lud made ef-
sU W V tben Hcfors the Sen-1 All K n , t jj eir attendance. The I forts to find ont the perpetrators, but with-
.*.**• ^ **t offered an amendment re-1 been P J0 ®1,... . »t n nomsed on De-1 ont encceta. He testified that the speeches
l ht 8ute a wtfrariO-11Sdk^tL PfopwWeauaUedenTntbeUte
aftoflO 1 * ,C * nb *“ p ® Dd * i L °* t— TM^Senafo^kep P t that bill /orty six da)a oanvaaa wtreaweh aatoappeal to the preju-
. . . , I u/lv _iik amendueuta on | die:-# of the negroea and arouse Ibim todr
aid. cwD* r hp®“ the remark-1 Md sent it - • In I content with the Democratie government.
»■>!» charge of voba on the Elmar da sob-1 February - >• *‘, __ r~,.„ I
bfing adopted last Friday and re- conference, the "jySTgf by ’
jseted to-dey. H a auppoeed that there regard to aome $1.«WWJ aai.t uy
®u»t have been a caucus order on the sub- the Senate. Tbo _ ^ report'd
H.took it for Planted that the Sera-1 wae In co 0 farence,at-d ’' n ,i
S® w York C*t- Miller) had not the would he made to oowr WJ?* JJJ
"jguteat Idea Of the hill becom'ng e law. next flacal
Jfcf T*** little hy-play. He euppoeed I peaaed. TbeDM|trict ■
J»e objeet waa to catch vote# iu the I pri#tion hill
He had no objectio
***** had nothing elae to-do)
a?
If 6ofT«r«T* From CooiamptloD,
Fcroralv bron bl:]i *o4 s*B*rm) debility will try
h-ott** EaaUion otOcd UrtrOU wtta H>;
I*bius«. ther will Am liai*4UI* r*U*f aa 1 i
nest rxn fit. Tbo medial profeMlon
d«*< late It * r- tp-l/ of tb* roll
ptkubiv bttd. **i r * “ 1
The correspondence in the case of the
Bobeccat U »Utl open and proceeding, and it
U not believed that its publication would be
oompttibl* with the pablte interest*.
In respect to the Jackson matter, tbe Sec
retary report* that in bia opinion, "it
would not be contributory to or oomp«Uble
with publio mterent to publish that eor-
respondenoe at the present time. As to
any correspondence which Mr. Jackson
may have had with ihe Presidtm, either
directly or through any other channel than
the Secretary of Bute, I am cot called upon
to make any statement.”
The President, in transmitting the docn-1 n il:» c « j
menu, simply says: "It U not thought
compatible with tbe publio interest to pub
lish tbe oorreapondence in either case at the
present time.”
A VERY DEADLY NKKDLE.
Hypodermic Injc
In 31 any C»»c*
New York M«il and K#prtM.
Opium ha* bt-eii knowo a« a druz from %
remote peno-1, nod i»rt«iuoo*i «*• t t irti-
oh of i! lUiiQt-ice iu l.iili i, Perwif, i-^ptand
Aria Midi r In 01 i m opium i*% u ■ i to an
enermon* ex ent by all oiasties, tbe mode of
taking it being to smoke au aqueous ex
tract in a peculiar formed pipe <’piucn
smoking bet/au io China iu llio Utter half
i>! th- *#. Vt'I.Ji'HlU, r.'lj'wrv, >i!,,i, II) #1 if.- of
the tlf-irt* ot th*® government to prev -nt^it
rapidly hj»re.i.i till now it may lie ouUod a
uaiiODtii pruclice. '1 hat the drtukiug and
8tuokiug of luudanntn and opium arc not
unknown vic**h iu N w York, any nUjsi-
uUo widsflitm But there m a pi.ictice
wLichis even more «IeUttri ta«— the » so of
the hypode mio i-jrioge. To CHtimste the
gro.rch of thin evil, it h only necessary to
tuko the teniiuiooy of druggists and deal
ers in surgiofel instrumeDt*. Toe fart is it
haa hecoine a problem with whicu eouial
r<*ioi nif-rtw ii'tHi th'.il, A< <j 'i. in'll'ii , 't uith
tbi-i method of takiog opium is made inno
cent enougn, it generally haviog been pre
scribed by the family ph>bician to alleviato
some temporary ailment Tbe effrot is ob
served by the pmi-mt, aud, too ofu n, when
the doctor goo* the syriugo stay*. There
have heeo many sforie* of iar«(u qn in titles
of opium taken by those addicted to the
habit withont producing a fatal effect An
Eug'atlilimn Utely residing ia this city was
known to consauie sixty grain* ebch nay.
Promiuont up-town ciraggims declare mat
they sell more needle* to their general cus
tomer* than to tue luodicai protes&ion.
Equally coocln-ive as t»the prev*leooe off
the habit of aaboutaoeous injection is the
f.-ct that, whereAS dtaggisla costcmeun^ed
to buy in qmnmi'Huf from fixry to 120
grams in the crystalline form of tho muri-
hU», thu sulphate or the nootaU, tuo sale
now largnly oonsUtv of soltttiOlt UI quatt*
ties ot trom one to six ouuo**a. A rt porter
talked yeiterday with a prominent physi-
ciuii np m this topic.
Many nicdicil men," said he, "are nna*
wue taut me use of thu bypodtimio bpimge
i* nlway* abended with ennger of ioatant
death. Tbe c*u*ebf tld* danucr is not well
understood, bat tbe fatal in<*id**n»* that have
boon icoorded wero not dao to tho tal-if g of
larger Hoh* than nnnul by paistLkc, nor to
the oumoUtive effect* of the drug. Coses
have occurred iu which persoiiB havo taken
large do**-* fir month* producing n single
uiipl*-a«atit symptom, and have died in a
few minutes from thotffeotH cf a quarter of
the Inmuuul quantity taaen in tne usual
manner and at tbe regular hour.
"There is a danger of fatality against
which no vigilance can guord. The nyrnp-
touiri are not always no severe as to produco
coma, Dole** a rested. They ocour about
oooe in 100 administration*, and prove fa
tal at leant once in ten. That is to *ay, a
man who usee the hypodermic ttimge at tho
rate of ten punctures a day, which is a very
moderate average, should encounter tho
aymptotnn and their attendant damr-r of
death once in ev^ry ten day* on tho rago
and tha probability is that they will* prove
fatal within etx month* after tbe he hit is
formed. Thb danger that,bo may be r -und
dead ;* tbu*> always a real ouo wnh the ha
bitue of tho hypodermic, a dangtr that msy
‘ any moment involve a coroner'd inquest
and the imputation of suicide."
OATAItltU OUKKD.
A eierumio, after year* of enffertac from that
loathsotua duieoMO, Catonb. *od vainly trying every
known retnedj. at laat found a proa riptlon which
completely curoil and eaved him from «Ip;th. Any
•ofTerer from thla dreadful diaeaao sending % aelf
oddrwad aUui^l envelope to Dr. Lawrence, 919
I'liiivulllng,
CmcAoo, March 1 —A special from Mari
anna, Ark., says: The cabin occupied by i
negro named Barton and his family, con
slating of wife and three children, aged
three, nine and fourteen year*, won baiced
jeaterday morning early. The negro was
awakened by a portion of tbe roof falling
on the bed in which he woe uleeplng and
setting it on fire. He immediately jammed
and seixed / bis three children,
who were slecpii g in tbe same
room and atarted toward tbe door, bat be
fore he could reach it another part of tbe
voof fell in, kooekiog bis children from
him. Hs was unable to find them again
after a abort search, and bad to abandon
them to save himself, whioh be did by
jamping out of s window. Ths boys were
overcome by tho smoke and wore burned to
death. Barton was badly burned. Hi
wife waa spending the night with a neigh
bor, and knew nothing of tbe tragedy until
morning.
If You Want m Good Article
Of Plat Tobacco, Mk you dealer for
Uir"
Six lluuUrcd l'crMiu* Druwnrd.
Ban Fbakcihco, March l.-^The steamer
Gaelic from China and Japan, which or
rived yesterday, reports that i Chinese
jonk bound from Hainan for Siam baa been
wrecked, and that out of duo persona coin
pricing her passengers snd crew only six
aro known to have escaped.
Tli« I>H>t Statrinriit
Washington, March 1*—Tbe debt state
ment R»ued to-day shows the reduction of
the public debt during the mouth of Feb
ruary to be SI,436,782. &?; decrease of the
debt since Jane 30, 1888, $58 104.357.08,
cish ia the treasury, $145,170 2tt.?7; gold
certificates ouUUndlng, $99,958 365; silver
Oertficatwi outstanding, $ 21,130 755; eertid
eaten of deposit outstanding, $18 180.C00;
legal tenders ou standing, $346,691,016.
The Senate'* Heeret Journal.
Washington, March 1.—The Senato has
ordered the preparation of an index to its
secret journal for fifty yean, from 1829
1879. Tbo in]unction of secrecy will prob
ably be removed nut autumn.
A QUESTION ABOUT
Browns Iron
Bitters
ANSWERED.
The QU««Mr*n h»* nroh*My bonn imkmd thnaaenfie
»t Utom. *Tlaw can Bmwn*i Iron Bttt«ra cun* nvery-
thlnjr?" Well, it il >MQ't. lint It dm cur* any tlumM*
f nr which »rwpoUbl® pity mi i.inwuul<t imtHcnlm Mtos
PhyrielAM rewiwnlf Iron *n the bmt mtanttr*
Mpmt kn ten Co Um (trof*Hi*!..n. and laqulr- of eny
lo**lina chemical finn will eulmtentUto the rtloa
t!t*l lh#*m erw nave preparatIon* of ln»n tlien of any
r>Uwr eobeiaJMM uwn] In fUedjrln*. Thl* show* con-
eioalrely that Iron »h a< knowUxIgM to be the Hiwl
Important factor In eoer—fnl m-»i il practice, It I*,
h rai-oT. ar*Mnark*1ilrt fart, that prior t<» tho clincov-
wjrorililOWN’rt IIION IIITTI':ltl#ii'>l#.rfimi-
lr aatUfaclory IronOOPlUnaUan ha<l e»«r been found.
BROWN’S IRON BITTERSte.u,^
h*tv!*r|i.t, nr priMluce rnnal ipaliun-nll «»lh»-r Iron
nic-<tlcliir*ilo. IlltOWN*SIKON IUTTKUM
curt "i lii(!iM**"lion, Illli4iii<aii«-«a$, WrnknrM,
I>y*pep*ln« filnlnrla* rhlll* nnd l-'rvrm.
Tired FeellnjraGrnernlllrbllliy.Piiln in tho
Wide* Itnrkor isimbn,iirnunrhr andNrurN*-
«la—far all Uumo allmnnta Iron la pre*< nlj«d daily
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS.!; :r.:
tninnto. Uto all other thnrr^rh m-«lic|ne«. It acta
uen taken bf thn lir-t •rmtdvim at
|M*noilt I« ren>-.ro<l enairirr. T)ie rn'isrl.-i i tmenm*
firmer, tho dlm-iti .n tmpmvao, the Ix>-«#-1n am art l*e.
J n wornm thoettect to oanally mow rapid and marked.
JjameiWin etanee to ».ri*ht-n: th* akin ri«ar*
up; healthy r. 4 .r aamaa to tbo checks: nwronanem
fumppaw*; Piscuonal deracr-ms-nta t«c<>n>n n-$ru-
l»r, and If * nttr-tn* nv-Cbnr. al»und%n« ■u-t-nancs
fc,*®W»J*dfceth« vhlld. Ifamombor llrown'a Iron
liitu-n* Utho ONLY iron m^lmno that i* n«t lu-
yunoaa, I%poirU»mi mm4 tinrvl it.
7b* CX#»l^ tu Tr#.l« M.tlc .n-l rr—.-.1 rad lrnM
ooarapvw. TAKi: NO OTIIDIt.
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
Rray. aod prevenUag Dendnitr.
It (IMJUM too ocaip, acajpa Um
hair UUlnff. and U mare Co pleaee,
ice. and SLOO at Prnnrtat*.
HINDER CORNS.
Tbca-> f-mt. mroel and beet car* for Ctom*. Bn nJon*. A*.
fito|iB.ij*m. rMwnwwrrttotktfM. ,k. Uiio
*ocurw. 1> cenuat bru^slsU. Uukm.’ & Co., N. V.
cepl wed .a* Lkwk-ly
QUEEN ]% SOUTH
PORTABLE MILLS.
SELECT FRENCH BUHRS.
For Stock YmiI or Mrai
for Family U*e.
| Write fer U«*«rlpUa* llriklv.
Straub Machinery (’o.£
tLu cutaiix ati. quid.
)ull w 3m
STHORNS^FLESH
Tbo Grvet ttuoUe
Wmr.ils m##*m md re—In. Am
•W* and "Ctodr hn 1 * ACto."
iituc ky Tttlra.
and '
IflJlAOapoll* New*.
“ •Colonel' an J ‘alia*’ are two (avorito
Kentnckj titles.”
“itornn on rn.Esj*
■TVhy puller Files? lmrnciliato relict and
cornnlctc cure guaranteed. Ask for "Iloueli
ion File*." Sure cure for itching, protrud
ing, bleeding, or any form of Files. 60c.
Druggist* or ma il. K. 8. Well*, Jersey City.
BKLXNV flU .V.
TVell** “Heal tb itenewcF’restore* health
A: vigor, cures Dvapcpaia. Impotence, Men*
tal ami NervousDelmlty. For Weak Jlen,
U'om/io *1
(•* the | ferer.® I
bsviDg» U jq of Leariy $*W
# ndiogov«r an sppi
t with pleraurw."—W
srofnU and dabliity fa eblF I
braMfjln^ My little patleau (
•*—w a iln'.i i r t, M. D.. F*l- |
Delicate Women, Rickety children. $L
Wi:i.I.s» 11 AI If
If gray, re stores to origlnalcolor. An elc-
it. o. Cottr. I pint cljr ing, EoftPin :iml beautifies. No
to imriSir oil nor grease. A tonic It* -torative. Stops
tTto. a. w. CaihcQD, At-1 bmlr coming out; strengthens, cleanses,
I Lea! j scalp, eradicated daLdruff. sjc.
W EWANT^gjtfSaggg*
menttorwPVseeMa*lu «?er) ««aaty r>* *
e .imoathljr & e i| .• n •«*. or *^a-ve com ml
)<>n on nlealf pr»farr> ! Oasd* >uj
pvryonabnjr*. Chitf.t and partlcn!*ra Frrr.
b TAMiAHO SILVUi W aKK Co., fioatou. Ma
wdMvir
!>'
5'
ikAPNESSa
late without b—eit Cared blm*<
and a Inca then hundred* ot olb
Ura vent ou appil
‘ *' * dty.
Slat atrwet. New Yo
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