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Official Organ of Invin County.
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THE CONGRESS.
THE NATIONS’ RAW-MAKERS RE-
SUME OPERATIONS.
The Proceedings of Both Houses
Briefly Epitomized.
THE SENATE.
The senate was called to order Fri¬
day by Mr. Harris, democrat, of Ten¬
nessee, who was re-elected president But¬
pro tempore. Oh motion of Mr.
ler, democrat, of South Carolina, the
senate agreed to a resolution asking
the secretary of war to submit an esti¬
mate for certain improvements in Port
Royal Sound, S. C., including a chan¬
nel of 30 feet at high water over the
bar. On motion of Mr. Cockrell, dem¬
ocrat, of Missouri,, the senate then
took up the urgent deficiency bill
and Mr. Hill, domocrat, of New
York, spoke in behalf of his amend¬
ment to the law to allow an op¬
portunity to test the constitutionality
of the income tax feature. Before pro-
ceeding with his speech, Mr. Hill made
a statement regarding a remark in the
speech of Mr. Peffer Thursday bear¬
ing on his (Hill’s) opposition tp the
law. Mr. Hill was under the impres¬
sion that Mr. Peffer had charged him
with filibustering, and said that he
knew of nothing that had taken place
since he was a member of the senate
that justified the senator from Kansas
in charging that this bill was to meet
with any filibustering so far as he
(Hill) was concerned. Mr. Peffer de-
dared that he had not used the word
filibustering since he had been a mem-
ber of the senate. He had said the sen-
ator from New York aud the senator
from Pennsylvania (Quay) had made
up their minds to defeat the collec-
tion of the income tax, if in their
power to do so, and that the amend-
ment proposed by them was the first
step in that proceeding. Mr. Hill first
argued against the constitutionality of
the law, and referring to the exemp- had
tions of classes, he asked where
congress the right to exempt a class.
He did not ask that the law be repealed
at this session of congress. He recog¬
nized that import, nor did he ask its
repeal because it was proportioned He ac¬
cording to the last census, was
within bounds when he characterized
the feature of the pending bill reJat-
ing to the income tax as a slip-shod
arrangement. Under it the citizens
had no protection. At 10:30 Mr. Hill
concluded his remarks on the income
tax and was followed by Mr. Dubois,
who, in supporting the appropriation
for the income tax, made a silver
speech outlining the position of the
silver men.
Mr. Wilson, republican, of Iowa,was
present in the senate chamber Satur-
day for the first time this session. He
had been absent during the closing
months of the last session on account
of illness. The only senators
havo not reported themselves at the
present session are Mr. Jones, popu
list, of Nevada, and Mr. Irby, demo-
crat, of South Carolina. The fortifi-
cation bill Was reported back with
amendments from the committee on
appropriations aud was placed on the
calendar. The urgency deficiency
bill was then taken up and Mr.
Teller addressed the senate. He
held the close attention for over three
hours of a large audience on the floor
and in the galleries. He was followed
by Mr. Lodge, republican, of Massa¬
chusetts, who announced his hostility
to an income tax, not only because it
was bad in itself, but that it was a
great step toward the ruin of the pro¬
tective system ; and by Mr. Stewart,
populist, of Nevada, who saw in the
full restoration of silver as money the
only possible remedy for the existing
financial troubles. Mr. Stewart had
not finished his speech when, at 4:45
o’clock, the senate adjourned until
Monday.
Monday was the most thoroughly in¬
teresting day of the session in the sen¬
ate. The two democratic giants of that
body crossed swords and fenced fierce¬
ly for four hours. The fight was sen¬
sational in the extreme. Gorman and
Hill crossed swords. They slashed and
gashed one another fiercely. The re¬
publicans looked on in high glee.
Democrats regretted it, because it in¬
jures the party. Still they were in¬
terested and enthusiastic iu their in¬
terest. Every democratic senator
was arrayed on one side or the other.
The senate was packed. Members
of the house crowded into the cham¬
ber. It looked like older times, when
great political struggles were on. Af¬
ter the routine morning business the
urgent deficiency bill was taken up,
the question being on Mr. Hill’s ap¬
peal from the decision of the chair
ruling out the amendment offered by
him to authorise the United States
courts to hear and'determine questions
as to the constitutionality and validity
of the income tax. Stewart took the
floor and concluded his speech begun
Saturday—a free silver speech. Gor¬
man next addressed the senate. He
sought to discipline Mr. Hill and crit¬
icised the New Yorker for his recent
fight against collecting the income tax
and censured him for his fight against
the tariff bill of last session. Hill
took up his foil and responded in o
vigorous defense of himself and made
p vicious assault upon the Marylander.
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895.
In the Senate, Tuesday, Mr. Voor-
hees, from the finance committee, fa¬
vorably reported the bill for coinage
at the branch mint at Denver. Mr,
Manderson secured the passage of two
important resolutions calling on tin
secretary of the treasury for informa¬
tion on the tariff. One resolution'ask;
for quantities of spirits and high wine?
taken out of bond during the 60 days
prior to August 28 last, when the new
tariff law took effect, the names of the
parties or concerns who took the goods
out of bond and all detailed informn
tiou concerning the same. The othor
resolution calls on the secretary for
full information as to amount of sugar
imported during the GO days prior to
August 28, the names of importers,
amounts of imports, the country
whence it came, etc. The debate was
then resumed on the income tax item
in the efficiency appropriation bill and
Mr. McCall, of Florida, addressed the
senate in favor of the appropriation.
THE HOUSE.
The attendance was slim in the
house Friday. On motion of Mr.
Sickles, democrat, of New York, by
unanimous consent, the senate bill was
passed to pay the widow of Orsemus
P. Boyd, late captain of the Eigh¬
teenth United States Cavalry, comuta¬
tion for rations and accrued back pay
earned during bis volunteer service;
of Mr. Hall (democrat, of Missouri),
l)lJ authorizing .. . . the .. LaPorte, T v * Horton xr ,
“ n(1 -Wtliern Railroad Company to
construct a bridge across Galveston
W, Lullalo bayou and Clear creek
™ the state of lexas. On motion ot
Mr - lerr y, democrat, ot Arkansas a
was passed^ authorizing the Little
^nck Pacific to construct a bridge
across the Pouhcerche La Feure and
Petit Jean rivers in Arkansas,
In the house Saturday Mr. Hatch,
in accordance with a request of the
National Dairy Union, attempted to
secure the passage of a bill to make
oleomargarine, butterine and other
imitations of dairy products, subject
to the laws of any state into which
they may be transported. The effort
met successful objection and the hour
allotted for its consideration expired
before a vote was reached. Previous
to the discussion upon the oleomargar¬
ine bill, Mr. Kem, populist, of Nebras¬
ka, presented a resolution, asking the
secretary of agricultrue to give to the
drought-stricken regions of the north-
west as much as possible of the quota
of seeds allotted to him, the distribu-
tion to be made through the regularly
appointed relief committees of the
several states, but objection was made
to it, and it was referred. But one
effort was made to pass a private bill
by unanimous consent. Mr. Latimer,
of South Carolina, asked consideration
of a bi(J to pay Newberry college,
S. C., $15,000 for use of the build-
ings and property of the college by
United States forces after the war had
closed. He made a statement explana-.
tory of the nature of the claim at the
close of which Mr. Grosvnor, repub-
licau, of Ohio, objected and the bill
went over. The hill codifying the
j pension laws and four private pension
bills were passed. The house then
proceeded to the execution of a special
order—the delivery of eulogies upon
i the life and services of the late Repre¬
sentative George B. Shaw, of Wiscon-
i sion. Tributes were paid to his mem-
j ory by a number of his associ2tes, and
at their conclusion, at 4 o’clock, the
house, as a further mark of respect,
until
Speaker Crisp laid before the house,
at the opening of the session Monday,
the resignation of John C. Black, of
Illinois, who resigned to accept a po-
sion of United States district attorney
for the northern division of Illinois.
Mr. Hatch, democrat, of Missouri,
called up the Grout bill to make ole-
omargerine and all other imitation
dairy products subject to the laws of
the state or territory into which they
are transported, which was under con¬
sideration on Saturday. Mr. Bynum,
democrat, of Indiana, resumed his
hostile attitude toward it, indicating
a disposition to fillibuster if necessary
to defeat it. He also moved for a re¬
cess for one hour. On a rising vote
the motion was defeated, 3 to 117, Mr.
Bynum made the point of no quorum.
Chairman Sayres, of the appropria¬
tions committee, reported the sundry
civil appropriation bill to the house
Tuesday. Mr. Grosvenor, republican,
of Ohio, presented a reply to a recent
memorial sent to the judiciary com¬
mittee by Mr. Ritchie, of Akron, O.,
supplementary charges against Judge
Ricks, of the United States court
of the northern district of Ohio.
Mr. Grosvenor stated that Mr.
Ritchie’s charge incidentally involved
ex-Senator H. B. Payne and Judge
Stevenson Bure, and the reply which
was presented through him gave
a full statement of the pertinent facts
in connection with the Ritchie charges.
On behalf of these gentlemen, Mr.
Grosvenor asked for a full investiga¬
tion and complete report, censuring
and prosecuting, or exhonorating
them. Mr. McCreary, democrat, of
Kentucky, called up a bill authorizing
Lieutenant Colonel Forwood and Sur¬
geon Pensore to accept certain testi¬
monials from the Argentine republic,
and it was passed; also authorizing
Commander Dennis W. Mullen,United
States Navy, to accept a medal from
tRo government of Chili.
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
PERI lib STEPS DOWN
THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE RE-
SIGNS UNEXPECTEDLY.
Lack of Support Said to bo the Cause^
Consternation in France.
A Paris special says: M. Caismir
Perier has resigned the office of presi¬
dent of Prance. He announced his
resignation Tuesday evening at a spe¬
cially summoned meeting of the cabi¬
net, having previously told M. Challe-
mel-Lacour, the president of the sen¬
ate, of his inability to solve the prob¬
lem presented by the resignation of
Premier Dnpuy.
The nows of the president’s resigna¬
tion spread like wildfire throughout
Paris and was received with consterna¬
tion, amounting almost to paralysis.
In the newspaper offices the first re-
port was considered absurd, but was
soon confirmed. Almost simultaneous¬
ly crowds began gathering iu front of
the newspaper offices and in the public
places, inquiring for further particu¬
lars aud discussing the situation. The
official communication written by M.
CaBimir-Perier was made public at
once and is as follows:
“The president of the republic has
taken a resolution to resign his official
functions, Yesterday’s proceedings
and vote in the chamber of deputies
are, in his eyes, but secondary inci¬
dents of the struggle that has begun
against parliamentary regime and
public liberty. He had hoped that the
president of the republic, being un¬
provided with means of action, would
remain outside the lines of party
struggles and that the political confi¬
dence of all parties weuld give him the
necessary force and authority. He
had hoped that those who had, in spite
of himself, placed him in a position
where he cannot defend himself, would
undertake the defense of the first
magistrate of the state. He Pas re¬
quested the ministers to withdraw
their resignations provisionally in or¬
der to assure the regular transmission
of his powers to his successor.”
Monsieur Charles Depuy, president
of the council, has informed the presi¬
dent of the chamber of deputies of the
decision of the president of the repub¬
lic and they are going to convoke par¬
liament with urgency.
Lacour Interviewed.
M. Challemel Lacour, president of
the senate, courteously allowed him¬
self to be interviewed, in regard to the
matter, notwithstanding the great
pressure of business suddenly thrust
upon him by. the president’s resigna¬
tion. He paid that it had not yet been
decided whether lo convoke the na¬
tional assembly to elect a successor to
M. Casimir-Perier for the 18th or 19th
instant. He will probably announce
the date on the meeting of the senate
and chamber of deputies.
Casimer-Perier’s reference, in his
public communication to his inability
to defend himself in the presidency,
may be explained by the fact that as
he was a sub-secretary of state in the
cabinet which concluded the railway
conventions in 1883. He regarded the
adverse vote on the subject in the
chamber Monday as a personal reflec¬
tion upon him, although he had no
vote in the cabinet when the conven¬
tions were made. Whether this be
the real reason for his resignation, or
not, it proves to what length he is pre¬
pared to go against the socialists whom
he regards as aiming at a revolution.
Extremist newspaper men received
the news with jubilation. The editor
of La Petite Republique was wildly
elated, but considered it certain that
M. Casimir-Perier would be re-elected
if he would be a candidate again.
Otherwise there is a concensus of opin¬
ion that Henry Brisson is certain to
be elected to the presidency of the
republic.
TURNEY HOLDS HIS OWN.
Everything is Going His Way in the
Gubernatorial Contest.
A Nashville special says: A long-
drawn-out discussion prevented the
house from reaching a vote cn the
senate joint resolution providing for a
postponement of the joint session to
count the vote for governor, but a test
vote was taken which shows beyond
doubt that the senate resolution will
be concurred in, and that the holdover
policy will prevail. Governor Turney
will retain the office-of governor while
the attempt is made to pass a law pre¬
scribing the method of procedure in
case of a contest for the governorship.
In event this legislation goes through
he will also hold office pending the
investigation that will follow. There
is but little doubt that a resolution to
take a recess will prevail and the leg¬
islature will not be in session during
the investigation.
Tho Bond Syndicate Dissolves.
The United States government bond
syndicate has dissolved after disposing
of 35 per cent of the issue. The re¬
maining 65,per cent has been divided
among the members. The new cur¬
rency plan, it is alleged, has induced
liquidation by holders of the bonds.
The new issue is now quoted 117J@
118,
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
G. W. Cannon, postmaster at Ashe¬
ville, N. C., under Harrison, has been
arrested on a charge of embezzlement
of over three thousand dollars while
holding that office.
The officers of the mail steamer,
Virginia Lake, which arrived at St.
Johns a few days ago, report intense
destitution along the northern coast
of Newfoundland, The steamer re-
cently carried 600 barrels of flour to
the north for distribution among the
needy families.
At a democratic caucus at Austin,
Texas, it was decided to make Horace
Chilton the nominee of the democratic
party for United States senator at the
election to be held January 22d.
John A. O’Connor, of San Antonio,
will be his opponent, running on the
populist ticket.
At a meeting of the steel workers of
Homestead, Pa., attended by about
800 men, a few of whom were business
men of the town, it was unanimously
decided to endeavor to restore organi¬
zation in every department of the
Carnegie steel works, as it existed
prior to the big strike of 1892.
The case of E. V. Debs, president
of the American Eailway Union, and
his associates was presented to the
supreme eouTt of the United States
Monday by counsel for the imprisoned
officials—Debs, et al., managers of the
famous railroad strike in Chicago last
summer, and recently sent to jail by
Judge Woods.
The labor situation at Haverhill,
Mass., has assumed a uew phase by the
vote of the different unions to hold
joint meetings of ^cutters, lasters and
hottomers in order to form some new
plan for advancing the strikers’ inter¬
est. All feel that very little has been
done as yet and they want to win a
victory by combining.
The South Carolina commission has
issued a circular establishing joint
freight rates of 20 per cent less than
the sum of the local rates on all rail¬
roads in the state. This is the first
time the state has ever had a joint
rate. The Southern and Coast Line
systems have been operating this rate,
mutually agreed on, however, but the
other systems refused to come in.
A Meridian, Miss., special says: L.
A, Ragsdale, Jr., six years ago inher¬
ited, by the death of his father, L. A.
Ragsdale, Sr., about $300,000. The
young man squandered this on and the
race course at Clarksville, Tenn.,
returned to his boyhood home, a pen¬
niless man. Monday he was adjudged
insane and sent to the asylum for treat¬
ment. Mr. Ragsclale’s father was the
pioneer of Meridian and amassed a
large fortune.
The manufacture of steel from iron
made in the district will begin at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., in a short time, for it
has been definitely decided that two
mills will be built as soon as possible.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Birmingham Rolling Mil! Company
was held a few days ago and then it
was agreed upon to increase the capi¬
tal stock from $500,000 to $850,000
and erect a steel mill. Machinery for
this plant has been contracted for in
Pittsburg and will be shipped at the
earliest possible day.
LEFT THEIR CARS.
Five Thousand Trolly Car Men Strike
in Brooklyn.
At 5 o’clock Monday morning all the
trolly cars in Brooklyn, N. Y., were
tied up, the employes refusing to take
out the cars. Over five thousand men
quit work. This includes the motor-
men, conductors, electricians, switch¬
men and other employee at the va¬
rious power houses. ' All but one of
the surface railroads, and that a com¬
paratively minor concern, are affected.
The men’s grievances and demands
are thu - stated: The state law pro¬
vides that a day’s work for street rail¬
way companies shall consist of ten
hours, within twelve consecutive hours.
It is alleged that the corporations have
required the men to work eleven hours,
and even, latterly, twelve hours, with
no longer interval than ten minutes foi
lunch and even depriving them of that
time in most instances.
The wage rate agreed upon a year
ago was $2 for the statutory day’s
work; the companies, it is alleged,
have made no allowance for overtime.
The men demand adherence to the law
regarding the hours in a day’s work oi
$2.25 for a dav of twelve hours.
It is Appomattox Again.
“Surrender,” Va., the postoffice
where, under the famous apple tree,
Lee handed his sword to Grant, is
“Appomattox” once more. The post-
office department has found a way of
bringing about a change by calling the
new county seat, formerly known as
“Nebraska,” “West Appomattox,” and
restoring to the original Appomattox
its his tor io arme.
Trying to Seat Turney.
The Tennessee house of representa¬
tives by a vote of 58 to 41, adopted
the democratic resolution providing
for the postponment of the opening
and publishing of the vote for govern¬
or until investigation can be made of
charges of fraud in the election. The
resolution was adopted in the senate
several days ago.
VOL. V. NO.
FROM WASHINGTON.
NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
The president sent to the senate
Tuesday the correspondence in the
case of the Japanese spies, together
with a letter from the secretary of
state, in which it is stated that the
American consuls had no authority to
protect Japanese in China except so
far as using their good offices when oc¬
casion demanded.
The entire Louisiana delegation in
congress, senators and representatives, appropria¬
appeared before the house
tion committee to urge that some jiro-
vision be made for the relief of the im¬
mediate losses suffered by the sugar
producers and planters of that state
caused by the repeal of the bounty
provided for in the McKinley tariff
act. Arguments in favor of relief
were made by Representatives Boat-
ner and Price and Senators Caffery
and Blanchard.
To Modify the Copyright Law.
The amendment to the copyright
law, which Representative Covert, of
New York, has proposed in the form
of a bill, is intended to correct a very
costly error in the laws now in force.
Under the existing statutes any person
who reproduces a pictorial likeness of
a copyrighted work of art, drawing,
statue, photograph or other form, is
compelled to forfeit the cuts, and is
subject to a fine of $10 for every re¬
production in his possession, To do
away with these possibilities which the
law offers, the amendment proposes to
limit the fines which may be levied to
twice the value of the copyright of the
picture which is trespassed upon.
For Southern War Claims.
What may result in a division of the
house on strictly sectional lines will be
an order from the committee on rules
in the near future, fixing the time, for
the consideration of a bill to pay cer-
tain southern war claims. A bill pro¬
viding for the settlement of the claims
of citizens in both northern and south¬
ern states was reported some time ago
from the committee on war claims, and
is now on the house calendar. Some
of the members of this committee
learned that another bill, which looks
only to the paymont of southern claims,
is the one which the committee on
rules will take cognizance of. The war
claims members are exercised over the
matter and an effort will be made,
when the rule is reported to defeat it,
their argument being that the bill re¬
ported from their committee is fairly
and impartially drawn and the only
measure that ought to pass the house.
USELKSS TO KICK.
The Income Tax Must be Paid at All
Hazzards.
A Washington special says: Senator
Gordon, of Georgia, in conversation
with senators called attention to cer¬
tain provisions iu the income tax law
which compel tax-payers to make re¬
turns and pay their taxes upon incomes
whether the pending appropriation
passes or not.
He said: “The mere withholding of
the appropriation asked for will have
no effect except perhaps to deceive the
uninformed and beguile them into a
feeling of security and cause them to
neglect compliance with the plain re¬
quirements of the law itself. Those
who hope to escape payment of in¬
come taxes through the failure of
congress to make the appropriation
asked for, and who are thus led to
neglect making their returns at the
time fixed by the law, will find them¬
selves involved in 50 per cent, heavier
taxes and will be compelled to pay
them. The failure by congress to ap¬
propriate money to collect the income
tax will not prevent such collection,
and it is a cruel wrong to the people
to mislead them in this matter. ”
COREA’S KING ASSASSINATED.
One Story Says He’s Dead, While An¬
other Contradicts It.
A news agency at Tokio, Japan, re¬
ports that the king of Corea has been
assassinated.
A special from Yokohama says: “A
ramor is in circulation to the effect
that the king of Corea has been pros¬
trated by an epileptic fit.”
There is no information in tho pos¬
session of tly) Chinese, Japanese or
Oorean legations at Washington re¬
specting either the reported sickness Qorea,
or assassination of the king of
as announced in the above dispatches.
The Corean legation officials have been
without any telegraphic commnnica-
six i
tion with their country for almost
months, and receive only occasional
advices. Several attempts to commu¬
nicate with the home government have
been mado recently, but no reply ha»
yet been received.
Russia at the Vatican.
A proposal has been submitted to
the council of the empire at St. Peters¬
burg, Russia, to establish a Russian
legation to tfye Vatican.
INDIO I'KD AS KU-KLiX
Prom!nent <,'il i/.rns of Murray ( oiiuty,
(in., in n Hull Box.
Five of the best known citizens of
Murray county have been indicted by
the United States grand jury at, At¬
lanta, Ga., for murder and conspiracy,
t he men indicted are John Edmond¬
son, Tom Wright, au ex-United States
deputy mnrshal;\V. A. Hannah,George
Terry ami Merrill Wood. These par¬
ties are all believed to bo members of
the Ku-Klux band.
Judge John Edmondson owns 3,000
acres of fine laud iu Murray county
and is one of the leading citizens of
his soction of the state. He gave a
$ 5,000 bond and went back home. Ed¬
mondson is said to be the loader of the
baud.
WORK OF SAFE BLOWERS.
They Bind and Gag the Watchman
and Loot the Safe.
Seven masked men blew open the
Bafe in the Belmont brewery at Mar¬
tin’s Ferry, O., early Thursday morn¬
ing and secured $200. They seized
John Brooney, the night watchman,
and took his revolver and keys. They
then gagged him and made him show
them to the office. One of the robbers
guarded Brooney while the others went
to work at the safe. One of the safe
doors was blown through the window.
After securing the money,they left the
watchman bound and gagged and he
was not discovered until morning.
HAWAIIAN SUGAR.
The First Shipment From Honolulu
to New York.
The big American ship Kenilworth
has sailed from San Francisco for
Honolulu to take the first cargo of
Hawaiian sugar ever sent from the is¬
lands to New York. The Kenilworth
can carry 3,200 sons of sugwr. She
goes to Honolulu in ballast. The Cali¬
fornia Sugar Company, of which Claus
Spreckles is the head, conducts this
new enterprise. It has arranged to ship
two-thirds of the sugar to San Francis¬
co, where it will be refined, and the
remaining one-third to New York.
EX-SENATOR BROWN’S WILL
Filed for Probate—His Fortune Goes
to His Family.
The will of the late ex-Senator Jo¬
seph E. Brown has been filed for pro¬
bate in solemn form in the office of
Ordinary Calhoun at Atlanta, The
will disposes of a greator amount of
wealth than has ever been involved in
a will filed in Fulton county, and gives
explicit direction to all the great for¬
tune of the dead statesman. The bulk
of the fortune goes to the members of
the Brown family.
Donating Coal for the Sufferers.
A concurrent resolution has been
introudeed in the Kansas legislature
giving to impoverished settlers of
western Kansas all of the surplus coal
produced at the state mines at Lan¬
sing. The resolution instructs the
governor to turn over all such coal to
the board of railroad commissioners,
who will distribute it,in their opinion,
where it is most needed. The commis-
ers are instructed to require transpor¬
tation for coal from the mines to
county seats in the drought-stricken
districts.
MANY PEOPLE KILLED.
Powder in Car-loads Explode and
Mow Them Down.
During a fire at the Montana Cen¬
tral railroad yards at Butte, Mont.,
Tuesday evening, several cars of pow¬
der caught fire and exploded, killing a
number of firemen and spectators,
and maiming many others. Several
men are known to have been killed
outright.
An Investigation Ordered.
The populist senate of Kansas has
ordered an investigation of the railroad
assessment of 1894, by which the pop¬
ulist state board of railroad assessors
made a reduction in the assessed valu¬
ation of railroad property in the state
of $2,000,000, $1,799,000 of which re¬
duction was given to the Santa Fe.
The investigation committee consists
of three populists and two republicans.
The Income Tax Test Case.
The case of John J. Moore against
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miller, to contest the constitutionality
of the income tax feature of the new •
tariff law, has been set for a hearing
at Washington on the 15th instant in
the equity branch of the supreme
court.
Shipment of Gold.
A New York special says: The ex¬
pected shipment of $800,000 in gold
by Hoakier, Wood & Go., on thesteam-
ship La Champagne Saturday was Freres re¬
duced to $500,000. Lazard
shipped $1,600,000, making a total of
$2,100,000 on the French vessel.
Gadsden’s Good Luck.
The Dwight Manufacturing com¬
pany, of Chicopee, Mass., has closed
an agreement to build a 50.000 spindle
cotton factory at Gadsden, Ala. The
site has been located and bids will be
J opened January 16.