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WASHINGTON,
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probable COMPOSITION OF ways
AND MEANS COM.'fTTKE.
Pjtra Month’ll Tny Gets » <!l *cle Eye -Geor
gia War Claims—51- Norwood Soli-
lary and AI01- House and
Senate l’oceedlngs,
•?ped»l Corrftpoi*-* nce Uicon TELiatura.]
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So. 515 T^vntxtna Snux, N. w..f
WadixaTos, December 22, 18j7. (
jlr. BUnd "bowed mnoh spunk in his
to-day <“ that annual traud, (ha extra
goatb's f.!a>y for tho House employes.
Beretofo 0 tt h“ gone through with but
oiposit'on. Mr. Blount oallod for
^rand when beaten on the tellers Tote
deeded the yeas and nays. Somo who
jj/roted to pay dow ohangsd and the rea
ction was reforrod to the oommittee on
ciouuisby twom»jority. One man like
Col Blount or Mr. Bland is worth a dozen
pliant men who yield to importunity or pay
prirate obligations out of tho people's
pocket.
Ilia understood that the Speaker did rot
isDonnce the sundry oommittee, as was
Hpeoted, because, if he bad done so, there
scold hare been pressure on him for other
' s by those members who were disap-
uimted. All the committees will be an
nounced immediately after the holidays.
The rumor that Oay will be on the ways
id means to represent the Bandall inter-
it is reiterated, but, on the best authority
: may be stated that the committee
111 be constituted by the ap-
ointment of tight revenue reform
lenioorats, four protection Republicans
-alone revetU9reform Republican, or as
oilows: R. Q Mills, of Texas, chairman-
,S. C'ox.ot Now York; Clifton It Breok-
_oridge, of Arkansas; W. C. P. Breoken-
idze, of Kentucky; Benton MoUillen, of
ItUlltToSc ; Henry G. Turner, of Georgia;
ff, D. Bynum, of Indiana; William L.
Wilson, of West Virginia; W. D. Kelley, "of
■toylvania; William MfKinley, *of
)hio; Thomas B. Bred, of Maine; Thomas
IBrown, of Indiana; W. E, Fuller, of
Iowa
Toe following reference of war claims to
je court t f claims under the Bowman eot
lire presented by Mr. Clements: Adminis-
ntor of the estate of C. E. Adams, deceas-
' Chattooga county; administrator of
: eit.te of John II Hntoblns, same ooun-
by Mr. Biroes; claim of John 6. E. J.
l‘i* ford, Jefferson county.
Mr. Norwood hasgonehome, Mr. Grimes
ill be, to-morrow, the only Georgia rop-
rsentative in the city. Mr. M. W. Wimbar-
1, of Macon, boa seemed a position here
trough the influence of Col. Btonnt.
0. W. H.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
riling .Matters Referred to Committee—
Death of Membar—adjourned to Jan. 4.
Washington, December 22.—When (be
loute met to-dsy. the desk recently ocou-
ltd by Mr. McffAtt, of Michigan, who died
t Providence hospital this morning was
rayed in emblem! of mourn log.and deoked
rith fir were. The chaplain offered the
showing prayer: "Almighty God, in the
:idit ot this gay and feativo seaaon, wo
e startl'd by the sodden death of a niem-
r of tbii House. Impress upon us sU
nithtrei> but n step, between us and
4tb, so may every man order bia bouse
at be may be ready when the summona
me. Comfort and oheer the iwidow; up-
old and provide ftr the children thus
i«da fatherless, and may thov and all tbit
ne dear to him find in Thee the consols-
in whioh alone can be bad
such a time. We commend
Toy almighty oare and protection the
saber* and officers and all connected
rith the servics of this House. Go with
icie who journey; abide with then that
(mein, and in all onr homes rosy there be
merry Christmas and a happy New Year.”
Ur. Adams, of Illinois, offered a reaoln-
ios for the payment of the month’s sola-
l« of employes who were on the rolls on
December E, but who have since been die-
terged, or who may be discharged prior to
leauary 1. This resolntioo is similar in
Ibetsnceto the joint resolution passed
days sinoc, exoept that under the
oiut resolution payment must be made
tom the treasury, while under the pend-
tgrriolntton, payment is made from the
niiogent fond of the Hoose.
In epeiking to the resolution, Mr. Her-
_ji‘. ot Alabama, remarked upon the action
• certain Hens tore in criticising the House
st praring the joint resolution, which, he
bright, was uncalled for in view of tho
act that the Henatora voted themselves ou
“•> set of the kind and insisted upon pay-
>i their employes 25 per cent, more than
lurecdvedny employee of the House.
Ur. Bland moved to reter the resolution
* the committee on aooonnto, whioh was
peed lo, yets 93, nays 91.
Ur. Barrows, of Michigan, thou an-
knuced the death, this morning, of his
^llesgiie, Mr. Mcffatt, and the House, at
I), adjourned to Jannary 4’.h.
THE SENATE.
■arrlaga and Dlvoroa Amaodmant to the
Cumulation—Indian Committee.
"i’dinoton, Deoember22.—Mr. Euetis,
nm the committee on epidemto diseases,
[eported a bill anthoriz’ng the removal of
q Tarantino elation from Ship Island,
**’<■, which waa placed on the calendar.
*te Senate then took np the joint reiola-
■f° introduced by Mr. Dilpb on the 12th
**• proposing a constitutional amend-
uiton the snbjsot of mirriage and dl
'<>«, and prohlUiing bigtniy and poly«-
_£• The proposed amendment la in the
4i °wiDg words: Congress ahsll havs pow-
»la legislate on the autjeet of marriage
5? divoree by general laws, applicaple
Jhhttoall the States and Territories, and
*«iber bigamy nor polygamy shall exist
j* permitted within the ULited 8'atia
5/ pl .* e ® >nbjeot to their jorUdiotlon.
■' Dolph addressed the Senate
support of the joint reeolmiom
Jr. ’h« close of Mr. Dolph's remarks the
aut rreointion wu ordered to Uo on the
. Cullom saying that be proposed
"submit acme remarks upon it after the rc-
"ttoioUiig of the Senate.
iJhe bill for the removal of the political
piss'd °* * brlm c> Alyeri was taken up
-Mr. Butler presented n letter from the
jsxican veterans Asrodation, accompany-
Jiagaval wronght out of 350 separate
! of »ood, tastefully inlaid, the work
™*ran of the Mexican war, Chao,
formerly of the Third United
lCL now residing in Charleston,
u ‘he letter raggested thepre*enUt ; on
j®* 8»wl to tho presiding officer of the
2“*- The mattur was referred to the
on rules.
mi , Psreldlng effioer announced tho ep-
unent of a special committee tolnveaii-
2, ”* condition of live civilized tribes of
iw“v?' ,oUo "»:MessM. Butler, Morgan,
u* , ’_ c «ueron sndTeUer.
stior.',7* U * r totroduood a bill to provide for
Palaory edueation cf Indian children,
vsa referred.
2?** »nhour'll executive session, the
adjourned to January 4.
.. bimetallism,
v.T d f kln,0n onH '*°h.er.
vattona to Europe.
sSS’s wa
he“s, w'foulwaf hU ,E, ‘ airie * nnderfonr
aaaassssSraa*
^S^X n of n th.“fln n Ao?i
which ram ' e,eral S,a “» by me,
.ni il i ! 1 ttQ y expectotion that the
subject of a bt-metalUo treaty for a com®
mou legal tender, ooupled with tho free
ered*nr 8 |D J ,ilvei '’ wil * bo scrionsly consid-
Thf,V b ^ rc8e , n “ imeb y ‘hem.
snhi>nt d ofK" ei ! m ‘natations that the
bi metallism has received any
intelligent or serious consideration outside
namf j 18 ^ circle in each oonntry, and is not
“'S f Rs * probable or possible remedy for
trade! 8 ° 8nae of » u< K«d depression in
—7° attb ' There is no considerable politi
cally organized body of influential persona
in anv oonntry ^ith whom a combination
could bo made, if such combination or oo-
operation were desirable on the part of a
similar body in the United States for pro-
moting any definite nr practicable measure
Ssrt?i S M Uon . t S. b l2 ng “ bont ‘he adoption
of the bi-metallio theory, aooording to the
commonly accepted meaning of that term.
Discussion is as yet, almost wholly per-
sons], and withont concentration of pur
pose or the presentation of any well de
vised measnre capable of being acted upon.
Air. Atkinson a moat important conclu
sion, from his observation, is, that it would
bo unwise and inexpedient for tho United
wsia t3 take the initiative in press*
iDg action for the general adoption of a bi-
metallio legal tender coupled with the free
ooitage of silver, for the reas. ns that such
action in misconstrued, and may tend to
retard rather than to promote the object
aimed at. J
“The exact status of the question.” At
kinson continued, “is as follows: What is
known as the bi-metallio theory of coinage
ond lcRal tender, may be said to be adhered
to by Franoe end by other members of the
Latin nnion, bnt the free coinage of silver
oannot be renamed withont the concurrence
of Germany. Spain, which does not be
long to the Latin nnion, continued the free
ooinsge of silver until quite a recent period,
but hse been compelled to cease by the
constant drain of gold. Holland, as
lam informed, waits events under aotB
wbiob will enable her anthoritira to main
tain the gold standard wi'.bout farther leg
islation, if it should be imperiled. There
is some apparent difflonlty in France, bnt
not mnoh in maintaining the present large
volume of silver coin which is of full legal
tender snbntantislly at par in gold. The
Uoltod States, by maintaining the present
standard dollar, virtually dechree
to the pnblio that it requires
sixteen ounces of silver to
be eqasl to ono ounce of gold. The United
Slates, therefore, lo tbat extent, discredits
and depredates silver bnllion below tho
standard formerly in force among European
nctionr, who ootn.d only fltteen and one-
half onncee of silver ss the equivalent of
one ounce of goU. The pr cent act of
coinage in the United Stain therefore de
preciates stiver as compared to the Euro
pean and Eut Indies standard."
FIGHTING TIIE MESSAGE,
numb Aiialla tho I’rtaldent'a I'oelllon and
I* Answered by Iirck,
Washington, Deoember 21.—In the Sen
ate to-day, in the debate npon tho holiday
adjournment reiolatlon, Senator l'lnmb re
ferred to Senator Paph's reiolatlon that
Congreaa abonld not adjourn until aotion
we a taken for the disposal of the surplui
in the treasury, and said he did not agree
with tho President in ary of bis statements
in the late annnal message, and he did not
at ill agree with him in aayln. that the re-
spomibility of non-aetton in the matter of
the surplus would seat on Congress. For
his own part, he would bo glad to remain
in Washington daring the holidays and leg
islate on the subjeat of the anrplas, bat
not with any aenae of that responsibility
of Can gttsa whioh the President bod set
fo.th.
pniM.inr BXsFoxiimuTi
for the present condition it the treatury
resided, he thought, with the President,
who totally disregarded the law whioh re
quired him, practically, to spend the enr-
plus In the purchase of the national debt
The Prealdent’a exouso for not doing so wes
that the proviaton of the law wu foand in
an appropriation bill, and was, therefore,
in the President's opinion, a temporary ex
pedient merely. He (Plnmb) did not know
any warrant for the President distinguish
ing between laws passed by Congress, and
saying that one provision cf a law wss leu
mandatory on him than another provision.
It did not come with good grace from the
President to eriticise the particular places
where important provisions of law were
found.
Till PHX8I0EST WILL FIND
that in attempting to do so he would have a
large contrao. on hie hands and one whioh
might reanlt somewhat diiatlrouly to him.
The President in his message had omitted
to state one important feet, which wu that
the hut Congress passed a law requirir g him
affirmatively to pay ten million a month in
discharge ot the pnblio debt, and that the
President had pnt that bill in his pocket,
thns preventing Its becoming a law.
Senator Beck remarked that the Presi
dent bod paid money ont even futer then
that bill required.
Senator Plnmb regarded tbat as only
another way that the Preeident had for
saying th t he thought he could do better
himaelf than Congnu knew how to tell
him. The President had also forgotten to
take note ot the fact that the river and
harbor bill, which appropriated aome four
teen millions, had failed, and not because
of any lack of aotion by Congress. The
deficiency bill covering over eight millions,
bad also tailed at the lost session because of
the neglect of the Democratic majority in
the Home, and these two sums would have
modes very comfortable addition to the
cuirent funds of the people at this junct
ure.
■KNATOH HUH SAID
be did not propose to go into a debate in
regard to the President’s policy on a resota-
tion for a holiday adjournment He as
sumed that the resolution would prevail.
Such a rtce s wu usual and he did not
know of icy exception to it Ho ould not
nderatand'shy the Senate ahonld now, on
amotion like that, go Into a discussion u
to the Prealdent’a policy, when they wonid
have all next year for it Bat there ware
some thing* which the eonntry ought to
know in connection with tho statement
mad* by the Senator from Kansas. The
Senator bad not told tho ecu .try that tho
policy of the Republican potty, by impos
ing and maintaining
rsncxsoAULT hioh.taxaiioh
had produced the surplus and that the same
party was determined to hold It there or
to waste it in such schemes as the Bepnbli-
can party might desire. The S.-nator had
not told that the Republican party had so
adjusted the debts of the United States tbat
they would not bo paid with money thns
brought by high taxation into tho treasury,
unless such premiums were paid to bond-
« .L T, 8 ’ ‘h*? m, Rht demand. Tbs policy
01 the Republican party bod postponed the
two hundred millions of the
debttrll 1891 end of seven hundred and
forty millions till 1907.
The President has paid every dcllar of the
three per cent bonds that were payable with
out paying the preminm which the bond
holders might see fit to ask.
, THC DEMOCRATIC PABTY,
beaded by the President, waa endeavoring
to rednoe taxation so that so largo a surplus
“honld not come into the treasury. All
that the President had said waa that tt waa
n ?‘“ proper thing for him or the Seorctary
of the Treaaniy to do to pay $13u or *150
-Or every *100 of tho pnblio debt, and that
It was the duty of Oocgresa to rednoe the
taxationof the people down to a point
where there would not bo a surplus. He
thought tbat the course of the President
and the D.moor* io psrty would be fully
vindicated, while it wonid be very bard for
flNUtlemen of the other side to explain why
they had kept up taxation to the extent
which they had done.
NEW YEAR’S RECEPTION.
Order In Which the Preeident Will Re-
celre Ilia Callera on January 2.
Washington, Deoember 22.—Following
is the official programme for the President’s
reception on New Year’s day.
t .°“ Monday, January 2, 1888, at 11«. m. t
‘he President will receive members of tho
oabinet and the diplomatic corps; at 11:15
a. m., the chief justioa and associate jns-
tioes of the Supreme Coart of the United
State#, the judge* of the United States
Loan of Claims and the judges of the Su
premo Court of the District of Columbia;
at 11:20 a. m., Senators end Representatives
in Congress, the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Colombia and judicial officers of the
district, ex-members of cabinet aud ex-
ministers of the United States; at 11:45 a.
ui., office.a of fhs army and navy; at 12:30
P- “.the regents and the Becretarv of
tba Smithsonian Institution, the oonmia-
sioner of agrionlture, the civil
sorvloe commissions, inter-Sisto oommeroe
commission, assistant secretaries of depart-
assistant poat-masters-genend, tho
solicitor-general, assistant attomeys-gen-
eral, heads of bnreans cf tho several de
partments and tho president of tho Colum
bian institute for the deaf and dumb; at
}i^ p ’ m > “KWi****! soldiers of tbo war of
1812, associated veterans of tho war of
1846, Grand Army ot the Bepnblio and
members of tbo Oldest Inhabitants assn-
elation of the Dlstriot of Colombia; at 1:40,
reception of citizens, whioh will terminate
at 2 p. m.
The President will be assisted bv Mrs.
Cleveland and the ladies of tbo oabinet.
Mrs. Cleveland’s Saturday afternoon reoep-
(ion*, from 3 to 5 o’olcok, will begin on
Saturday, Jsnusiy 7, and oontinno on alter
nate Satardays tbrongbont the season.
Kfrttorctl lUilroatl Lund*
WasnisoTON, Deoember 22 — Secretary
Lamar to-day instrnoted the commissioner
cf the Central land offleo tbit tho order of
Deoember 15 (telegraphed on the 16 h and
E nblisbed on the 17tb), directing "That all
inds heretofore withdrawn and held for In
demnity purposes under grant to the rail
roads mentioned in said order, bo restored
to the pnblio domain and opened to settlr-
ment and entry under the general laws, tf-
ter giving the usual notice," be ohanged and
modified so that the lands shall be restored
to the pnblio domain npon the same terms
and in the same manner as was directed to
bo done by the cr ier of August 3, 1887, In
relation to the indemnity lands withdrawn
for tho benefit cf the Atlsnlio and Paciflo
Kiilrood Companv, and inbacqnent orders
of August 15, 1887, ia relation to other
roads.
Proposed New Eight Ranees.
Washington, Deoember 22—Senator
Gorman Introdnoed a bill to-deyspproprist-
ing *4,000 for a light ship at Fsbro Ospeat
the entrance to Cneaspraks bay.
The liRht honse board Is now considering
the feasibility of having a lighthonso of the
first olsss on the outer ihosis at Cape Hat
ters*, N. 0. Three waters, whioh are re-
E rded os the most dangoroos on tho At-
ilio coast, are now insufficiently protect
ed. The engineering difflonlties in the way
of the ooLitrnotir n of light bonsee on
•heals are ao many that rccont develop
ments in constructive engineering were
needed to inenre thu'sncccss of the plan.
Deflclenejr Estimates.
Washington, Dsoember 22.—Tho Secre
tary of tho Treasury to-day transmitted to
Congress estimates to meet difioleaeief in
the expenditures of vsrioue departments
of the government for the fiaoal year ended
June 30 1887, and prior yeari, amounting
to (5,680,978. He also submits an esti
mate aggregating *3,175,274 to meet urgent
demands npon the government for tho fiscal
yea? ending June 30, 1888, and a sehedula
of claim, amounting to *383,703, allowed
by the sixth auditor on aooount of compen
sation of postmasters under the read ins t-
rnent ao; of 1883.
To Inquire Into the Samoan Affair.
Washington, Deoember 22.—Senator
Dolph reported from the Senate committee
on foreign sffairs, end the Senate adopted
in secret session, a resolution calling npon
the Secretary of State for tho correspon
dence and records of the State Department
relating to German oconpatton of the Sa
moan Islands and Apis, the capital.
Bills by the Wagon-Load.
Washihoton, Deoember 2L—As a reanlt
of the adaption by tha Honse to day of the
new rule admitting private bills without tho
formality of presentation in open house,
about 860 cf three measures were thrown
upon the clerk’s desk within a short quar
ter of on bonr. While many of them ore
orijrinal bills, the majority appear to be
To Search for the Kart.
Washington, December 22.—The United
States steamer Enterprise has soiled from
Brooklyn navy jard to search for the dere.
Uet timber nfc. A revenue cutter hoe
also teen lent on tbe same mission.
CoBflrmfttlon*.
Washington, December 22.—Tbe Benito
his oonfirmed the nominations of B. 8.
Carlisle, of New Orleans, to be minister to
Bolivia; J. G. Walker, of Texas, to be con
sul geberal to Bogota.
ThU Month’* Narpltu.
Washington,Deoember 22.—Government
receipts this month amount to *21,697,838,
being an excess of *12.927,137 over dW-
bmsemenU for the same period.
Bill far i-ubllc Building at TaUehaaeea.
Washihoton. December 22.—A bill was
introduced io the Senate to-day by Senator
Pasco for the erection of • pnblio building
at Tallahassee, Flo., appropriating *76,666.
Xot Even » Faded Flower*
from tho Braaovkk Journal*
To* effort of the Atlanta Constitution to
read Senator Colquitt ont of the Senate on
seecuutcf his views on tariff retcrm, teeme
to have lotted before: it bloomed.
ROCHESTER’S SEWERS DECOMB SUR
CHARGED WITH NAPTHA,
And Freqa. and Terrlltc Explosions Re
mit—.it Set on Fire and Streets
Blown up-GonsIderable Lose
of Life Feared.
Rcchistib. N. Y., December 21.-About
3:30 this afternoon a terriflo explo.ion oc
curred in front of the Poole flour mill, on
Mill street, at tbe foot of Factory street.
The explosion was felt for a long diaUnot.
Only a few aeoonda afte/ the first explo
sion another followed, and another and un-
otber in rapid snocession. Instantly fl.mcs
burst from the Poole mill and the rear walls
foil in. Tbe fire burned with great fnry,
and sithongh tho woiku.cn battened to get
Ofit, it is feared some must have perished
in liio litmus. Ii was only a few minutes
before the Washington mills, adjoining the
burning structure, were also on Are.
THI CAUSE or THE EXPLOSION
was that sewers in tbo vicinity were filled
wilt naptha. To-dry 14,000 gallons of
naptha wore pnmped trom tbo Vacuum 0 J
Works through the pipe line in the be! of
the old canal. It wes intended for tbe
Municipal Gaa Company, bnt breaks in the
line allowed tbo naptha to etoape into ad-
joining Bowers. When tho Bewern became
enr-chargod with gas it tsotped Into the
mills and exploded there, and afterward in
the (ewers in tbe streets, throwing out the
man-bole oovere and tearing up roadways.
The amount of damage oannot be oalonlated
at this hour. Two or three of tbe finest
mills in tbo city, with their oontents, are
doomed and several streets and sewers are
more ar In* damaged in the vtotnity of tho
fire, and np Mill and Slate Btreets ss far as
market street, a distance of about three
quarters of a mile.
rsOl-LE W£LE HCNXING
in overy direction, end the frequent explo-
stone terrified them more. The explosions
continued at inch frequent intervals for tho
first half hour that people were deterred
from getting anywhere near the fire. It is
not known how many persons were at
work or bow many escaped. Oae man was
seen to jump from a seoind story wiudow
of one of tbe buildings to the river bank
below, a distance of about fifty
feet. His right leg was broken
? - h0 ... roo^od severe Internal
tr juriea. The walls of the Jefferson mill
fed in about 4 o’clock, and it la feared there
are •erersi men buried midsr them, Tbe
engineer of tbe Clinton mill and two oom-
pantona were atondirg nes- ih« front of tbe
mill when the explosion ociarred. They
retained aafllclent presence of mind to shnt
off steam and get eut of the mill. Six per
sons were at woik in the Clinton mlU, tour
of whom escaped through the water-wheel.
At tbe time of tha present writing, 11 JO
p. m., tbe fire is under oontrol, but the de
partment will keep at woik at least until
morning. The explosionicessed about 6JO;
no more danger 1j apprehended from them.
The explosions covered a wide extent of
territory. The man. boles over the sewers
«» PUH, Weal, Main, Tremont,
Hoiitb, Furnace, Factory, Brown and many
other streets were blown off by the fores of
the explosions, and a great deal of paving
■round them was frequently found torn up.
Windows were shattered in many baildingi
in tho vicinity and a shock was felt over a
Urge area. The tunnel through
whic. tba burning neptha
flowed for s’.Vtral hour* is the largest sewer
In tbe city and is tbo outlet for sowers on
the west side. How badly damaged this la
oannot be estimated.
The killed ia far aa known are Fred WU-
son end E. A. Webster. John Loe, an em
ploye at Peoples's mill, has not been ao-
oounted for and it U thought be is dead in
the mins,
AN ENGINEER'S PERIL.
He Bans Ills Engine Ilcckteailj Into a
Crowd-Attempt toLrneh Him.
CnrcAao, Deoember 22.—An incoming
Baltimore and Obio train plowed, at fnlt
speed, through a orowd boarding an Illinois
Central anbnrban Inin st Hanbnrno Sta
tion last evening. Folly 200 people were
thronging tho tracks at tba time, and
withont a whistle or note of warning tha
train waa upon them. In an instant Miss
Lottia Lonnderville wai thrown fifteen or
twenty feet and fatally Injured.
Immediately alter tha ncoident tbe Balti
more and Ohio train backed np and bad
barely stopped when tbe cab was boarded
by an Infuriated crowd of persons, who
bad narrowly escaped death. Tbo engineer
was rouohly seized and cries of "Lrnoh
him, "Kill him!" were sbonted from hun
dreds of throats. Just in time to prevent
tbe orowd from executing its throats, two
oentrsl detail offloere arrived and rescued
tho cowcriog man from tho throng of
avengers. The engineer was qnlckiy spir
ited awsy and his name could not be
learntd. There teems to be no <loose for
tbe accident. The Baltimore and Ohio
train was going at (all speed whan it aboald
have been at a aland. There was no eonud
of bell or whistle to wsrn the crowd of ap
proaching danger.
TAMPA’S deliverance.
Tha Epidemic at itu Knd-No Fever In
Two or Tliro. Weeks.
Jacksonville, Fla, December 21.-The
Tlmee-Unlun announces tbat tbe epidemio
cf yellow fever in Tampa baa been officiailv
declared at an end. There have been no
ease* of yellow fever there in two or three
**•*»• The aarronnding eonntry removed
their quarantine cordon several days ago
bqt ranges* were forbidden by tbe Tampa
eity counoil to return nnti! all danger waa
p**». and tha rity had beta thor-
ougbly disinfected and pnt in good
sanitarycondltiona. Train* with slaepicig
oare attached now ran aa they did before the
epidemio, making connection with coast-
wire steamers for Key West and Havana.
‘hero is no semblance cf any aontagtous or
epidamio disease in Florida or tha islands of
the State.
Ihe sob-tropical exposition will open
January 12th, and is axpeeted to be the
finest exhibition of the kind ever attempted
in America. Trade and travel daring the
eomiogeaaeon promise to be brisk through
ont the State. B
Kx-S.ercUry Manning D«ad.
Albant, December 22.—Mr. Manning
continues tinting slowly and may snrvive
until this atternoon, but hardly until night
Beta conscious when ironsed, but, for
moat of the time, appears to be in a drow.y
doze. His family are at his bead-side
awaiting the inevitable end.
4 p. m.—Tho doctor has just left ex-
becretary Manning and says he Is surprised
at his aymptoma. Hs may live until morn
to*
430 p. m.— Mr. Manning is grad
ually sinking and bia death may be expect
ed stony moment.
Mr. Mailing died at 9 o’clock, peacefully
breathing hi* list, his life going cut ss a lamp
whose oil hoe bos n exhausted.
The Oreot ISstsra to b. llroken l’p
_ London, December 21.—Tt* Great
L ,*tem Las been ajld to a metal firm for
II6,(X)-i. Tbe Tt iitl will be breksn up
old metab
To-Night tho Great Night—Tho Fair Stitt
Hoomlog; Along.
The fair cf Maoon Lodge No. 246 is on a
big boom; groat crowds are in attendance
L Uhtly, end each and everyone, when they
take their departure for home, do so feel
ing that they are fnlly recompensed for
attending. List Dl;ht, as well as the night
before, there was ta many in attendance as
tbe boys oonld well handle. At all the
stands business was good, and to-night, if
the weather oontlnnes good, they will un
doubtedly have ns many as iho ball oan
hold; but do not be afraid, it ia a strong
building and. will not fall down.
Yesterday a Tiliobaph reporter colled on
Secretary JN. S. Oatler to learn a few points
about tbe ledge in Maoon, and wo give hia
own words;
HISTORY OF THE ORDER,
"Three years ago tbe firemen employed
~.i the Central railroad saw the necessity of
oo-oporation, and decided to orgnniz: lodges
in Savannah and Maoon. Various were the
hindrances wo encountered, tbo order waa
new tn tbe 8outb, and onr employers were
very naturally opposed to It. However
wo wore determined in onrobjrot, and on
Deoember 4, 1884, Mr. 8. M. Stevens, then
grand organizer and instrnotor of the B. of
L. F., organized Georgia Lodge 245 at Sa
vannah and then came to M»ccn to
organize tbe men in Maoon. Upon bia ap
plying for admission at the shop gates lie
was refosod. Ho got in, however, and tbat
night, Deoember 6. he organized Macon
Lodge 246, with eighteen charter member:.
Our lodge baa experienced (great many upa
and downs. Several.of those who swore
allegisnoe proved false, and we expelled
them. Onr
LAWS ARE VERT STRICT,
bnt we enforee them to tbe letter. One of
them is that any member of the order who
shall be found drank shall be suspended;
for the >eoond offence he shall be expelled,
ana oannot be admitted under ono year.
Another ia: Any member who shtll fall to
pay his does and assessments in sixty da} a
after they beoome duo ts suspended, and a
member twioe expelled is forever debarred
from the order. Onr lodge has adhered
strictly to these laws, and although several
times suooeas h.s beer, nl-uost ’-vrrbaisnced
by failure, we stand to-day the
banner lodgo in tbe South, having won
the good will and reapeot tf our employ an,
tho railway offloials, and the public at
large, and now wo have a
FLOURISHING MEMBERSHIP.
This fair is tbe second one held by any of
onr 295 lodgos, and will serve to make ns
better known. And so far it has gone be-
jond our brightest hope*. Railway o».
oixls have extended to ns a great many fa-
vors. Mr. 51 8. Bjlknap, general manager
of tbe Central, addressed u« at onr meeting
in the Academy ot Hollo last Thursday,'
and ho gave na some very sound advise, as
suring ns of bit deep interest in our orasnl-
zttioo, and wished us God speed. It has
served to awaken a great many of the
donbtfnl onee to a sense of theirdntics, and
I think I oan safely say that the ooming
year will bring forth aome fine work. We
have some very held and tarneat workers,
an ! with tbo principles of our noble order,
proteotion, charity, sobriety and industry,
emblszined on our banner, wo eonscorate
onr Order to all honorable men.”
NOTICE TO THE RAILROAD ROTS.
Remember that tbe contest for tho en
gineers, master mechanics and firemen
comes eff to-night. Don't fall to support
your men. There will be two ballots. The
boxes will be opened and tbe money
oeuuted. They will then bo dosed for two
heart, opened again and money oonnted.
The man having the most money takes the
prizo.
mis. naroooD
will give i pertormanoe ot her wonderful
spiritual power to tho Brotherhood fair to
morrow night. Mrs. Htygood is wonder
ful. and everyone who attend! will witness
something they never saw befo e. Coma
and bring yonr friends. Admission only
25 cents to ace feat* unequalled by Lola
Hurst*
POLICE PRESENTATIONS.
Mayor Price amt City Attornsy Patterson
Mott Agreeably Horprlitd.
Yesterday morning Mr. John Valentino,
the well known proprietor of tbe Keneeaw
restaurant, mat Mayor Price on Fourth
street and told him that ho bad an impor
tant oase before the recorder in whioh Re
corder R liter was disqualified and be want
ed tbe mayor to preride. Tho mayor wu
not disposed to preildo for the reason tbat
he did not desire to interfere with Recorder
U**t*r'* court, but Ur. YaUuUqo ippeired
to be in such deep tronblo tbat ha finally
consented. Oa going to the city ball he
found City Attorney I’atteraon, Sexton
Clay, Mr.JJ. 0. Pinkerton, Alderman Smith,
Mr. Aaron Peyier and several othor cltliuu
there assembled and be concluded that the
ouo wu an extraordinary one.
At eleven o'clock tbe mayor was cello ' in
the basement of the city hall when be found
Chief of Polios Wiley, Lisnt. Wylie and
the following cfficereln line: W. W. Bangbn,
J. P. Porter,George B. Adams.O. D. Brooks
T. H. Brown, J. F. Mcirly, W. L. Grace 0
IL Good roe, B. M. McCIntkty; G. Jenkins,
J. T. McUermond, J. a PatUreon. W. W.
Wagnon. Henry Winter, C. H. Hotehlncs
officer* Jeff Johnson andJ. B. Golden, of
■quad No. 2, and watchman J. P. Chapman
TUX lUBFEMEa.
Mr. It. W. Patterson stepped forward and
said: "Lit there be order In ocuri." Wnen
bats were off, be said: "Chief Wiley and
Lleatenant Wylie, arrest the mayor and
bring him forward. This was dona, and
then in a graceful and pointed speech he
presented him in behalf of the ehief and lien-
tenant and the eqaad with a handsome gold
watch and oheln, appropriately engraved.
Tho mayor waa token aback, bnthemxnsg-
«d to make a reply tbat waa snch tbat tl
tborongbly convinced the donors of itaab-
■olate linearity. He complimented them
npon the duty well performed In the put,
and auured them ot hts iriandahip and ad
miration ftr them.
City Attorney Patterson then proved to
be the biter bit in this ease, for he was
sorely surprised when Chief Wiley uncov
ered a handsome
G3LD HEADED CANE
and requested Mayor Pries to deliver it to
the city attorney. ThU ha did in a pretty
■p*eoh. Mr. PatUreon accepted the cane
in a little speeeh which wonid have bran i
gem if be hid bees given a little nolioe
After this Mayor Price made a abort ad
dress to tha squad which they fully appro-
Tho watch presented to tbe mayor wu
one made to crier for Mr. J. E. Welle, Jr.
the jeweler. It wu one ot Lit beet an j hia
tasty hand engraved on tho inside cf tbe
cue, “To Mayor 8. B. Price from C. M.
Wiley, W. A. Wyfie and Sqnod No. 1, 41a-
onn 1 1 . .1 i .a KL7 " ...1 a*..* _ . 1 ..
con l’oliae, 1^67,” and the names of
members of the *qoad. The cane wai aluo
obtained from Mr. Well*, and upon tin
handle wu Mr Pattenon'd name and the
names of the donen.
Tbo occasion wu a surprise in every par
UeuUr end pleasant throughout. Lick ol
apace this morning prevent giving th<
speeches in fell.
tbe
Th. Lamar Opposition,
From tho Frotllsaea Journal I Bud
ahe cppciilon to the confirmation of
Mr. Lunar aa Jc lge of tbo Supreme C’cnrt
i* poor etateaman.hipand poorer politics.
THE BLAST OF DEATH.
HARROWING REPORTS OF DEATH
AND SUFFERING OUT WhST.
A Farmer Who Waa on Ilia Way Home
with a Load of Coal Found Drad He*
side 111* Froatn Team—\ Wld*
ow and Children I'erl*h.
Lincoln, Ned , December 22 —It is bo-
lleved that reports of the bllrzud BwoepiDg
over western Nebraska wifi ahow tbat a
number of lives were lost in the storm.
Owing to the diitanoe from any railroad
the faota oannot be known for sevoral days.
Ia tho reoently organizid county of Per
kins thn death of a man and a boy is re
ported. Thoy were attempting to mBko
their ranob, twenty miles from Ogalla.wbon
tho storm overpowered them. Bath were
frezm to death. Another man named
John Grant, who bad been on railroad oon.
struction work on Ihe Blaok Hill’s exten-
sion of tbe Bnriiogton and Alissoari River
railway, wu found dead a mile out from
camp. On the Kansu line no deed have
been Oisoovorod, although the suff.'ring Is
reported very severe.
FARMER AND HIS TEAM FROZEN,
Tomka, Kan., Daoemher22.—Mr. J. B
Haz-eiiur, a banker of Johnson City, on
tbe frontier. Is in tbe oity. He reports
that* farmer namod L. O. Clark, living
near Golden, Grant oonnty, left his family
at heme Monday to go to llartland.the near-
eat railroad point, for tho purpose cf get
ting cool, bis family being entirely with-
out fuel He left Ilartland late Monday
evt ning with his coal and next morning
wu found about tlx miles from home lying
by the side of bis horses, frozen stiff The
animals weta also frca.n end all of Ota
bodies partly covered with snow.
Clarke’s wife and three children bad In
the meantime nearly perished sad bod only
•aved ibeui.clvM Gum death by leaving the
"belter of the honse and taking refuge from
tha blizzard in a asve.
TWO DEATna ACE BEPOBTEO
from Grcely oonnty, situated on the Colora
do line. A brother and Bister named Rob
ert and Sarah Holztpfel, who lived on a
claim in tbe unsettled portion of thecoanty
found themselves vrithont fuel Sunday eve
ning. They tore down a small shed to
bnrn the lumber, and that night nil hut a
small amount, which they had themselves
horned, wu stolen from (hem. Early In
the morning the yoang man went to the
town of Horaoe, about savon mllu diitsat,
end snooeeded In getting two hundred
pounds of ooal late lnthea ten-oon. Being
obliged to travel against furious wind
then blowing, bo did not roach home nntll
nearly ml Bright
HIS LI JIBS WERE THEN NUMB,
and ho wu ao exhausted that it wu with
great difflonlty ha gained admltilon to the
honse. He found Bis sister In bed insensi
ble and almost stiff. Sbehad been with
ont fire all day and their po irly built
bouae afforded her little proteotion. Al
though tbe yonng man was almost fraxen
himself, he tried to revlvo his lister, bnt to
no avail. Tbo other death reported from
Greely oiunly U that of a farmer, sixty
years old, whose nsms oannot be Darned.
He livod alone and w»s not only witbont
fael bnt witbont food, being a recent set
tler in tbe oonnty he had no acquaintances,
a WIDOW AND IIEn cbiloben reman.
A widow named Reilly and hor two chil-
dren perished in tho storm Monday night
near Dighton, in Line oonnty. They wore
withont fnel and the storm oame so sud
denly upon them that they were unable to
G t it. Tbe woman's eldest son started out
a storm to get ooal. Ha wu overoome by
tbe inteoie cold, but, fortunately, wander
ed to tho home of a neighbor. He wu nn-
able to epeak and hie aime, feet and ears
were frozen. By strannons exertions his
egs were saved, although ho will probably
lose his feet.
There are also reports of groat suffering
to Clarke oonntv, on the Indian Territory
line. A family of four were traveling ovor-
land, and being bnt ten miles from borne
and save ral mller|from any other home,
DBTXRHIEEO TO REACH HOME THAT NIGHT
in spite of the terrible dorm. Tbe bortta
wero overoome and the family was obliged
to abandon tbe borate and wagon and walk
miles to tbe nearest hones. • two-yeer old
child (text to death in its father’s arme be
fore shelter wu reached. Tho others
reached tho boats badly frezsn.
Tbs condition of (bo people In Western
and Southern Kinau i* very bod. This
part of the State has been only reoently sot.
tied, and soma of tbe counties aro dill un
organized. Nearly all tbe people fctthdon
government claims and were without
money, depending entirely npon tbo crop
to be raised tbit fall. The crops proved a
total fdlare because of tbe drought, leaving
tbe people, m a rale, destitute. As a
general thing the people live In rndely-bnllt
huts, whioh afford very <lttla proteotion.
BETTER THAN RAFFLING,
A Fine Pointer Hog or > Pen of Fin* Chick
en* for e Dollar.
The executive oommittee of the Georgia
State Poultry and Ranch Association hive
decided to laane and sell one thousand sea
son tioketa at ouo dollar each.
Secretary Grier now propo«es, and bis
schema will no donbt be ad.pled, tbat
thaoe tickets be numbered from one to one
thousand. There will be one hundred
Prises, and at the dose of the ehowane
bandied numbers wiU bo drawn from the
ticket box, and in this way caeh bolder of a
season ticket will haveachanoe at the
prill*.
Aircauy Mr. A. V.\ Kennedy hu effarsd
a special prize of • fine pointer poppy.
Grier A Board man will give four sittings of
eggs for certain classes, a sitting of Light
Brahms apgs for another, a sitting of BUek
Minorca* for another, and liuioss of Stiver
Lictd Wyandotte*, Brown L gboras, eta,
for other aliases. Brown A Bus, and other
breeders and many merchants will also
oontrlbnte largely to tbe scheme. All this
wonid make an interesting feetare to the
ahow.
it ia propoaed that the first prizj will be
a pen of birds worth (50, oay a pen of beau-
tiral Mlnoreu. It will prove a valuable
return for tbe one dollar paid for admission
into one of the beat poultry and deg ebons
ever given in the Bontb.
The executive committee will meet an
to-morrow,and this matter will be decided
npon. Those who have been made ac
quainted with tlie plan fully approve of it
Inquiries are pouring in for ctops, and
the qoeation is about to come np: Is Mo-
aonia Hall large enongb? Bnt w tbe eoopi
can bo shelved one npon tbo other, there ia
room in tbe hill for thonaanda of birds.
The Movement* at an End.
St. Phtebibuio, December 22,—It la
aemi-offieially denied that Ruraia bat In
formed tbe powers tbat the movements
of RtuaUc troops in Poland bare ceased.
Itiaa fact, however, test no further dis
placement of troop* is expected during the
present winter. Russian diplom*U n*ri-
ouily ixpect some action on tbe part of
Germany, Austria and Italy to induoe l’nnoe
Ferdinand to withdraw from Bulgaria.