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ILES k STIFF ■.» 29 Marietta Street, &A.. l£h Grafle Files and Ops. FULL LINE SHEET MUSIC. eras and Prices Right. jt-gjr*Send for Catalogue. IN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS. My Routine of Botb Houses of the Fifty-Second Congress. Measures Discussed and Bills Passed By Our National Law-Makers. THE SENATE. In the senate, Tuesday, Mr. Sherman reported back from the committee on fi nance the amendment suggested by him¬ self some days ago, in reference to the issue of the United States 3 per cent bonds. The committee decided it to be affixed to the sundry civil appropriation appropriation bill bill. The sundry civil bill had was taken up. Nearly half of the arrived been read through when 2 o’clock and then Mr. Allison said he would let the bill go over until Wednesday, so that the senate might proceed with the Nica¬ ragua canal bill. This bill was then taken up and a statement was made by Mr. Sherman in explanation, he said, of some points which seemed to puzzle the senators. His statement was io the effect that under the bill contracts now sub¬ sisting between the Maritime Canal com¬ pany and the construction company were abrogated; that the government of the United States would start in the work with a ‘‘clean table;” that it would own eighty millions of the $11*0,000,000 of stock, and would have ten directors, the Maritime company becoming a mere agent of the government. The bill was again laid aside and consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was re¬ sumed. All but twelve pages of the bill were disposed of. Amendments recom¬ mended by the committee on appropria¬ tions were agreed to, except some that were reserved, and these included the world’s fair items and river and harbor improvements. At 1:40 o’clock the sen¬ ate adjourned. The conference report on the army ap¬ propriation bill was presented by iaid the Wednesday, read and then until Thursday. Consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was proceeded with. The reading of the bill having been finished, reserved amend¬ ments were taken up, the first being the series in reference to the world’s Colum¬ bian exposition. Mr. Quay offered his amendment making all appropriations Sunday for the exposition conditional on closing. Mr. Allison hoped that Mr. Quay would not press that amendment. It was only a reprcdvcJ J oh ^f part of the legislation of fast year, fvery provision of which had been complied with. With that assurance, Mr. Quay withdrew bis amendment, and then all the com¬ mittee amendments as to the world’s fair were agreed to. The next series of reserved amendments were those for the improvements of the rivers and harbors. At 2 o’clock p. m, unfinished business, the Nicaragua canal bill was laid before the senate; but at the requestor" Mr. Gortnau it was laid aside temporarily and the consideration of the sundry civil bill proceeded progressing with. While the discussion was cue of the secretaries of the president the of the United States appeared as reached bearer of a message. As soon as it the vice president, Mr. Sherman,, knowing that it related to Hawaii, moved to proceed to agreed ex¬ ecutive business. The motion was to, the galleries were cleared the doors closed, and the senate was left to discuss the Hawaiian question in secret The doors were reopened at 4:15 o’clock and then the business of the senate was sus ndghTbe*madeV/tlie McDonald,of rlw.ry’S New thebte Jersey, Representative the 5th of November last. who died on The usual resolutions of regret were of fered by Mr. McPherson and agreed to, and the senate at 5 o’clock p. m., ad journed. again took the sundry The senate up civil appropriation bill Thursday, the pending question relating to thePhila delpbiaharbor improvements. Thearnend meat reducing the Philadelphia harbor item from half a million to $300,000 was defeated. The amendment reducing in like proportion the Hudson rivrr, New York, item was also rejected. sundry The civil sen- bill ate incidental to the discussed in open session the Hawaiian treaty. Mr. Vest vigorously attacked the annexation. The discussion re verting to the sundry civil bill, the committee’s amendment to reduce the item for improving the Mississippi river from $758,000 to $058,000, from the mouth of the Ohio to the mouth of the Missouri, and from $866,600 to $736,000, from the mouth of the Missouri to Minne apolis, whs rejected. The following amendments proposing reductions of appropriation were disagreed to without disvision: For Charleston harbor, South Carolina, from $750,000 t<> $650,000; for Savannah, Georgia, from $1,000,000 to $750,000; for Mobile, Alshams, from $500,000 to $450,000; for the Mississippi river from the head of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio river, from $2,665,000 to $2,000, 000; for the Missouri river, from $750, 000 to $650,000. The amendment pro viding that not more than three-fourths of the appropriations for internal ini provements shall be expended during Tfce next fiscal and" year, Missouri*rivers excepting as and to the Mississippi Hay lake channel, was agreed to, this being the last of the amendments in relation these works. The next was one striking out provision that no money be used for warrants or arrests prosecution nnder the internal laws, works, or laws relating to the tion of members of congress. brought on a lively political debate. action was taken on the Mr. Faulkner gave notice that in BULLOCH 5 -A V k /TIMES. VOL. I. orial services for Mr. Ivenna were post¬ poned from Saturday till Monday 27th of February at 3 p. m. o’clock. The sen¬ ate 6:10 o’clock adjourned. THE HOUSE. Tuesday morning Mr. Mutchler moved that the house go into a committee of the whole for consideration of the inva lid pension appropriation bill. The re¬ publicans began to filibuster over the limitation of "debate. Again the demo¬ crats were obliged to yield to the repub¬ lican demand th. .x hours’ debate be accorded to the minority, and it was agreed that the geueral debate close Wednesday at 3 o’clock. Mr. Hatch in¬ cidentally bill gave notice that disposed if the appro priation was not of in a reasonable time he would ask for consideration of the anti-option bill. The house then resumed consideration of the pension bill. In the house, Wednesday,on motion of Mr. Wheeler, the bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Ten¬ nessee river at Sheffield, Ala., was pass¬ ed. Mr. O’Ferrall called up, and the house adopted without debate, the reso ution relating to the contested election case of Reynolds vs. 8honk, from the twelfth district of Pennsylvania. The resolution confirms the title of Shonk, re¬ publican contestee, to his seat. The house then resumed, in committee, the consideration of the pension appropria¬ tion bill. After debate general discus¬ sion was closed and the bill was read for amendments. No action was taken on any of the committee amendment*, and at 5 o’clock the house adjourned. resolved The house of representatives The itself into a prize ring Thursday. the ring contestants for honors in were Representatives Turpin, of Alabama, and Waugh, of Indiana. The fight was the result of a discussion over the pension appropriation bill. Mr. Turpin arose to ask Mr. Morse a question. He wanted to know if it was not‘true that there was a clerk in the pension office drawing deafness a pen¬ sion of $30 a month,for total who ceived a salary of $1,800 a year for ans¬ wering inquiries over the the telephone. Of course this created general laughter, when Mr. Waugh, of Indiana, jumped to his feet and dec!ared that the statement was untrue and that there was no such clerk in the pension uttered office. before But the words were hardly Mr. Turpin bounded across the open space in front of the speaker’s desk, and grabbed the Indianian by the throat with his left hand ami proceeded to pound him In th» face with right. Mr. Waugh fought back, and the pummeling became lively. Members from alt parts of the house rushed down the aisles to join in to stop the fight. The republicans took the side of Mr. Waugh while the democrats were ready to assist Mr. Turpin, though all were anxious to stop the fight. Speaker Crisp happened to be on the floor near the desk when the fight occurred, and, although the house was in committee of the whole, the speaker rushed to the desk and assumed charge, rapping for order and ordering the sergeant-at-arms to quiet the disturbance and arrest >be disturbers if necessary. In a few mo¬ ments order was restored. Mr. Waugh was cairied out one door and Mr. Turpin from another. The house then immedi¬ ately adjourned. CAPITAL GOSSIP. A Washin gton special of Monday says: Q r j t j c j gm j s diminishing and indorsement ig increagin „ in re „ ard to the Gresham apj)0 i ntmeD t. The Miller vs Elliott contest for the “A™ ^ring” or black district of South Carolina was to have come up for deci sum Thursday in the house committee on elections, but a quorum, did not appear, Four republicans and two democrats were present, The senate, Thursday, refused to cou cur in the report of the committee on the sundry civil bill cutting down the appropriation for Savannah harbor. The million dollar appropriation made by the house was reinserted in the bill, audit will go through the eenate iu this way, though there is an amendment pro viding that not more than three-fourths of the appropriation shall be expended during the next fiscal year, To Prevent Clash of Authority. The unusual number of railroad prop erties in the south in the hands of receiv e rs has made additional legislation against nec essary as respects service in suits these companies, and, on Tuesday the house judiciary committee ordered a favorable report on the bill introd uced by Mr. Turner, of Georgia, to cure de fects in the judiciary act of August 13, 1888. By this act suits were authorized to be brought in certain cases in state courts against receivers appointed procedure by United States courts. By the of most states, service may be made on railroad companies through their local agent in place of a suit. It is now nec essary, however, where roads are in the hands of United States court receivers, to serve process in suits on receivers. The Canal Bill. The Nicaragua canal bill discussed in the senate Monday provides that 3 per cent bonds of the company, to an amount not exceeding $100,000,000, shall be guaranteed “principal and interest,” by the government of the United States, these bonds to be issued according as money is actually paid out construction and expended by the company in the the canal. The government is then to own the capital stock of the company with the exception of twelve millions of it, which is to be retained by the company, and except shares to be delivered to the governments of Nicaaaugua and Rica. The importance of this guarantee by the government was demonstrated in a speech by Mr. Frye, of Maine, who STATESBORO, GA , THERSDAT, FEBRUARY 23,1893. undertook to show that the work would with a guarantee, be fully completed its fixed at ■ cost of $700,000,000 and that charges would be only $5,000,000 a year, outside of the sinking fund, whereas, without a guarantee, the cost would not be less than $200,000,000, and its fixed charges $14,000,000, Colton Tax Bill Reported Favorably. The Oates cotton tax bill secured a favorable report from a majority of the house committee on judiciary, Tuesday. collected The bill provides that the tax by the United States during war times on raw cotton shnll be refunded in the event that the United States supreme court holds the laws under which the tax was collected to have been unconsti¬ tutional, The bill authorizes any person who paid cotton tax duty of to bring suit in the court claims agaiust the United States for recovery of money, right of appeal being to the United States supreme court given to each side to suit. One test case is to be made, and no other case tried unless the supreme court decides the taxing act to have been unconstitutional. If the act should be declared invalid, the court of claims will try every cotton tax suft commenced within one year after the decision of the United States supreme court. Mr. Bynum will put in a minority re Dort, and will probably be joined The by other members of the committee. refunding of the cotton tax would cost the government some millions of dollars, and this fact alone, doubtless, will be sufficient to prevent the bill passing con¬ gress at this session. COTTON FIGURES. Estimates as Sent Out by th« U. S. Ag¬ ricultural Department. The A Washington dispatch of Friday says: February returns to the department of agriculture which relate to cotton give the country estimates of the crop com¬ pared with that of last year, the propor¬ tion that has left the plantation, the av¬ erage date of the close of picking, insect losses, etc. The consolidation of the returns of the comparative crops make the following state percentages: Vir¬ ginia, 55 per cent; North Carolina, 73 per cent; South Carolina, 75 per cent; Georgia, 74 'per cent; Florida, 60 per cent; Alabama, 65 per cent; Mississippi, 60 per cent; Louisiana, 55 per cent; Texas, 84 per cent; Arkansas, 58 per cent; Tenne'see, 64 per cent. General average, 69.2 per cent. No allowance is made for underesti mate of the crop or . overestimate tribution. The proportion of the crop received at ports, in the stocks of interi or towns, in the hands of merchants un reported and enroute from plantations is thus stated, as reported by county cor respondents: Virginia, 86 per cent; North Carolina, 85 per cent; South Car olina, 87 per cent; Georgia, 89 per cent; Florida, 89 per cent; Alabama, 89 per cent; Mississippi, 88 per cent; Louisiana. 89 per cent. iexas 8 87per cent; ^ rk &n r,s 87 per cent; lennesscc, 86 per cent General average, 87.9 per cent Th q a e! ty 18 f ^ r 'y 7;° od as a rul ®‘ al ' though ♦n E better K on the Atlant.c coast and lexas than in the interior areas. In the latter picking cotton was much decolor ed by the frost. In most of the states the average yield of lint is reported at 32 per cent. I he average dates of the close of picking are as follows; \ir gima, November 30th; North Carolina, December 1st; South Carolina December 1st; Georgia, November 27th; Florida, November loth; Alabama, November 28th; Mississippi, December, 3d; L r >uis iana, December 4:h; Texas December 15th; Arkansas, December 16th; Tea nessee, December 5th. The losses from insect depredations are relatively small. No losses were reported north of Georgia and the Gulf States, except in Arkansas The boll worm did more damage than the caterpillar mainly m Mississippi and the states west of the river. The caterpillar was especially large in junous m Alabama. * relatively proportion of the seed ha* -een sold to oil mills on account of the small size of the crop and high price of oil in sym pathy with the advance of lard. The reported price varies according to - >o accessibility of mills from 15 to 2o cents per bushel. In some sections the plant ers have been induced to sell by liberal payment in fertilizers. THE INAUGURATION. Preparations for the Event Going on Satisfactorily. A Washington special of Sunday says: The work of the committee having charge of the ceremomies incident to the inau¬ guration of President-elect Cleveland is of progressing satisfactorily. Thegovernors the following states have already no¬ tified the committee that they will be iu line accompanied by members of their staffs: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachu¬ setts, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Louisiana and Wisconsin. There is every probability that the inauguration of March 4, 1893, vill surpass all its predecessors. THE HOMESTEAD RIOTERS. Hugh (FDonnell, Chairmun of Advis ovy Board, on Trial. The case of Hugh O Donnell, first chairman of the Homestead’s famous ad¬ visory board, was called for trial before Judge Stow at Pittsburg, Pa., Monday morning. O'Dour.tli was charged with murder during the not of July 6th. His is. perhaps ihe most important of all ♦he cases in connection with that event. The criminal court whs fairly packed long before the court officers made their appeal ance. THE MILITIA CALLED OUT. Warlii the Kansas Legislature Betweeu j Republicans and Populists. The Boors of the State House Battered Down With Sledge Hammers. bloodless A Topeka, Fansas, special says; place A but exciting battle took between the republicans and the popu¬ lists’ house at the entrance to the repre¬ sentative hall Wednesday morning. The populists, who have had possession of the hall in the afternoons, adjourned Tuesday uutil Wednesday afternoon, and, as been the custom since the begin¬ ning of the session, the republicans morning ex¬ pected to hold their regular session in as usual, but the populists sergeants-at swore a large number of assistant and the arms, who were placed on guard doors and entrances to th« hall were locked. * * No one was admitted to the hall ex¬ cepting the populists and members of the press and they were required to show a pass and run the gauntlet of a dozen guards. The republicans were fully in¬ formed of all these preparations to ex¬ clude them from the hall, and a hundred men were sworn in as officers of the re¬ publicans, and at 9 o’clock the members of the republican house, with their offi¬ cers, started from their headquarters for the statehouse. MET WITn WINCHESTERS. The march through the long corridors leading to the representative hall was unimpeded. The little columu forced its way through the line of guards sta¬ the tioned at the foot of the stairs iu west wing and started upstairs. On the first landing was a crowd of populist Adju¬ bouse officers under command of tant General Artz. They were armed, and the advancing republican crowd were met with piuzzles of revolvers and Winchesters. The adjutant general commanded them to halt, but no stop was made and the advance guard pushed into the crowd of populists. Three or four of them suc¬ ceeded in passing tne doorkeeper after a brief struggle, and getting into the hall, but the populists succeded in closing the dbJr ana barring it. TUE ffEAKEB USES A SLEDGE HAMMER. The republicans on the outside de¬ manded admittance, and when it whs de large p^rd slcdge themXjSjjietfker hshimert soft Douglass begmtt {o swung batter the heavy doors leading from the cloak room. It took many blows to beat a passage way through, but the doors fin ally gave way, and the republican legis lators surged in with a loud shout. The populists promptly retreated, and the republicans were in complete control. Ever since the opening of the session t h c populists have had the committee roomg ’ the sergeant £, at-arms mom and the c hief c]er g room Xhege were nil locked and guarded on the inside, but after the bouse bad been ca u e d t0 order tbe republicans battered down ^ doorg took possesgion of them witbout encountering any resist ance At 1Q 0 . c | ock there wen! a few puligtg in the repres eutative hall and the republican house bad settled down to th e reguiar order of business, as if noth . UDUSua l had happened. Assistant ser ^ g eants . at . am8t eacb wear ing a bright and 1 ribboDi promena d £ d the aisles } 0 K|T| eg * both sides swearing, in officers. The republicans and populists are both swearing in officers us fast as possible to be in readiness for an emergency, recruits for the republicans. A ^ ^ O , clock the republicans J added , hi * or f recruit8 t( the k force, »s ^ ser ^ geant-at-arms cadets, of Wash burn collc appearing in 'he hall ami taki lh( T oath before the sergeant-at The populists’ £ janitor f undertook tQ freeZ(J on{t repub icats9 atld 8 , ut ( ,ff the steam fr0!Q the hall. The following dtdivi;rcd by Adjutant-General Ar(z tQ Co , j w F . Hughes: ° , . . . . , ofallofficere and me n ot' the Kansas National Guards assembled in Topeka and around the statehouse. By order of L. D. Leuelling, Commander in Chief. The republicans during the afternoon appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Sherman, Warner and Cubbison to visit Governor Lewelling and agree upon, if possible, a .'Uspension of hostili¬ ties. They proposed that both houses agree to adjourn until a case could be made in the supreme court and finally adjudicated. MORS TROOPS CALLED. Governor Lewelling issued a proclama¬ tion at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday after noon stating that as the malitia now in Topeka was not sufficient five piovision al companies would be organized, com posed of volunteers Only three com panies, however, has been organized and they are of thirty men each. D M Scott, republican member from Hodgeman county, who happened to be in telegraphed that he would be in with 300 armed men on the first train D. S. Anthony telegraphed that men i would come from Leavenworth. lumbus telegraphed that 400 men would come from there at the command ot speaker Douglass. informed the Sheriff Wilkinson gov ernor at midnight Wednesday night he was a peace officer, and demanded that the latter turn over to him the situ ation. Colonel Hughes, m command the state militia, went into the repub, ic an hall soon afterwards and told the re publican members that if the governor asked him to eject them he would resign his position. NO. (>. ENDORSING THE REPUBLICANS. A tremendous meeting of citizens was held iu Leavenworth to endorse the ac¬ tion of the Douglass house at Topeka. Mayor Hooker presided and Hons. E D. Carroll, John Hannon, E. N. Morrell, D. It. Anthony and William Hook made speeches strongly endorsing the action of the constitutional house representative in taking pos¬ session of and holding hall. Strong resolutions were unani¬ mously adopted endorsing the Douglas house and urging them to stand firm and offering support. I.ATER NEWS. A Topeka, Kas., dispatch of Thursday says: The republican house is still be¬ sieged in the representative hall, and a force of the state mili ia is stiil posted about the capitol. Colonel Hughes has again declined to obey the gov¬ ernor’s order to eject the republicans, and the only resource the governor has besides the regular militia is three companies of provisional troops, composed of populists who, of course, sympathize with the populist object. Tne governor will make no statement as to his plans, but it is believed they in¬ clude an order to the provisional Should troops that to eject the republicans. will with attempt be made it be mot armed resistance on the part of the re¬ publicans. A PE ACE OFF—. I NO. At 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon the governor sent an application reads: for peace to the republican house. It The gorrrnor offers, in the interest of peace and harmony, that he will withdraw the state military and not allow the republican houao or its employes to be interfered with by proceedings the pop¬ ulists, provide i that all further which have been comment) d by the republicans Rich, bo arising from the arrest of Hen G. dropped and the populist members and eni ploye-i to not be disturbed by the arrest of otn cei s or otherwise, and the sheriff of Shawnee county discharge his deputies and does not in¬ terfere nor try to interfere with th • acts of the populists and state officers, including the mil¬ itia. and this agreement fo continue in forco until the cioso of the proseut session of the leg¬ islature. The republicans will not accept this peace ofleriug. Colonel J. F. Another dispatch says: the Kansas Na Hughes, commanding the third and last tional Guard, has for time.notified Governor Dwelling that he will not take charge of the militia. It is th-uight probable that the governor will appoint another commander. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. A Constitution to be Submitted-*rAhe ynv\ “ t - i , Next liftua V 1° A New Orleans dhy« )7i y,- <t The conu«iU4iw»M ^u^nTtTdC'onfed^'M ■&/***•... and by-Hws , tb Veterans has been bolding its session for t j ie da y g j n t {j ia cd y The com mit tees have completed their labors and w in ma k u a unanimous report to the next re uniou to be held at Birmingham, Ala., on the 19th of July next. The consti tution, as agreed upon by them and provides for a general committee staff of fleers of bri gadier generals. It also pro vides for three departments to be known as the Army of Northern Virginia, the Army of Tennessee, and the Army of Trans-Miss issippi, to be commanded by lieutenant generals with limited staffs to ranks of colone s. But one major general is to be allowed to a state or territory. State and terri tories may be divided into brigades by a vote of the camp. New Orleans was made permanent headquarters for the federation. By-laws and rules of order were adopted by the committee. Tbe work of the committee has been approved by all pionuiunt confederates to whom ;i has been submitted ANNEXATION RECOMMENDED By President Harrison in a Message to the Senate. President Iluirison sent a message to the senate Wednesday afternoon recom mending the annexation of the Hawaii¬ an Islands by the United States. It was accompanied by the treaty of annexa¬ tion concluded between the srcretery of state aud the Hawaiian commissioners and a mass of correspondence relating to the question at issue. The treaty is brief, providing merely for tho annexation of the islands under the present provisional the de government, and leaving tails of a permanent form of the government, etc., to the action of con¬ gress. The correspondence is very volu¬ minous, going buck many years and giv¬ ing a complete history of the islands so far as negotiations with the United States are concerned. Contrary to general session, expec¬ tations, the senate, in executive declined to make the treaty public the imme¬ diately, but decided to first have mes sage aud document printed for the coufi deutial information of the senators. GEORGIA IN THE CABINET. Hoa . jj oae Smith Gets the Secretary ship of the Interior, A Wasbi ton special says: The sec wta w £ of the inter i 0 r was, on Wed rmalI tendere d to Mr. Hoke . Mr Cleve i aad aad tbe gentle ;nan from 0eor „ ia a<ce Cleveland’s pted it. office Mr. SmUh CftUed at Mr> . p New Yor]{ WedDe8day by appoint- who is ment Mesgrg Wi!sou & Bissell, ^ bg ^ tinasier general, and Dan La mont ho lg tQ be coinmaDd er of the ’ had eded him. Mr. M. A. arlEi prece Beach> # friecd of Mr> Cleveland’s from jq ew York, was also there. These gentle were con f erence over an hour, When the C0D f erence en ded none of them wou;d talk but Mr Cleveland subse ann ouncedto the newspapermen g m ith would be his secretary of the ioterior . This leaves the naval port fo j- tbat Q f secr£ t a ry of agriculture and tke attorney J g b enera i s bip the onlv ones to be fiUed I i I- ih • o.i!}’ Piano inluufnctui'ml in the G.utli, Buy it and keep your tnooef at iP>MK. Mrif* and gr^d by MILES & STIFF, ATLANTA. GA. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. The News of file World Condensed Into Ply amfl Pointed Paragrauiis. Interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Readers. Reports of Tuesday to the board of health of New York City from Black¬ well’s Island show that since Saturday ten new cases of typhus fever developed in the workhouse of that place. Early Tuesday morning fire destroyed the Wagman bU.ek in Fort Smith, Ark., and a two story brick buildiDg adjoin¬ ing. The total loss will be between $75,000 and $100,000, with insurance of $85,000. • A report of the treasury department issued Monday shows the following ex¬ ports of cotton from Georgia ard. South Carolina ports for the month of January: Brunswick, 1,100 bales as against 5,980 for January, 1892; Savannah, 42,661 a4 against 33,886; Charleston, 16,397 ag against 24,825, At the monthly meeting of the New York association of piano manufacturers Tuesday afternoon seventeen firms re-, ported through their representatives that they had decideo not to send any exhib¬ its to the Chicago fair. Dissatisfaction regarding the space assigned is given as the chief reason for this action. 0 The seventh annual convention of the American Newspaper Publisher’s Associ¬ ation was opened at New York Wednes¬ day. A great majority of representatives of the of newspapers and members asso¬ ciation were present, and over one hun¬ dred millions of dollars capital was re¬ presented. A terrific explosion occurred at Me-. Abee’s powder mills, about twelve miles from Pittsburg, Pa., on the Alleghany Valley railroad Wednesday afternoon, instantly by which Albert McAbeo was killed and William Scarborough so badly iujured that he died while being taken to the hospital. McAbee was blown sifty feet. ■ A New York special of flna«C||ll Wednesday says: It is not expected in cir¬ cles here that either the seaatqo: house will take any during further.aeiioij oi silver question Careful the prei T,Y sion of congress. among bankers and business mi the lact that these elements ^■iieh discouraged, over the * Si VilksS^fS^ * hundred depositors of Q of V. Rockafellor & Co came known that tbe total reach $342,000, while th would scare ly foot up to $2O,O0C ft looks now and ns that though tbe depos wreck will was complete, the tors be lucky if they receive 8 per cent of their money. A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says: The lobby of the St. Charhs botG was thronged Tuesday morning with repre¬ sentative telegraphers who assembled, from all parts of the United States to participate in the convention of the commercial telegraphers of North Amer¬ ica. The opening session was called to order at 10:30 o’clock behind closed doors. More than sixty delegates re¬ sponded to the roll call. A Washinhton speicial says: Lieuten¬ ant. Lovell K. Reynolds, of the n ivy,’ while andeavoring to board a c ible car, was knocked down and run over, both legs being crushed. He died Thursday morning. Lieutenant Reynodls wits ap¬ pointed to the naval academy for Alaba¬ ma, and graduated in 1871. He attain¬ ed bis present rank, that o senior lieu¬ tenant, in 1891. lie was attached to tile coast survey steamer Endeavor. A London cablegram of Wednesday snys a serious marine disaster i» r< ported. The bark Catalina, owned at Bremen, was wrecked off the mull of Gull way and the captaiu and seven of the crew were drowned. Four were savtd. T he Catalina was commanded by Captain Sc butte and left Wilmington, in ’he United States, October 27th last for Baw¬ ling, a port on the Clyde, between Dum¬ barton and Glasgow, and has since been engaged in other trallic. A London cablegram of Tuesday says: More of the master cotton spinners of Lancashire have given rotiee tiatthey are willing to act in unison with a mas¬ ter cotton spinners’ federation and leave work iu order to prevent those of their employes who hr long to the operatives’ union from aiding those who are on a strike against a five per cent reduc¬ tion of mill owners. Seventeen million spindles are idle and one million are working short. Movement of Specie. The steamship La Bretagne, sailed* from New York for Havre, France, Sat-' urdav carrying $3,250,000 American gold coin, of which $3,150,000 was withdrawn from the subtreasury. Tho total gold exports for 1893, to date, amounts to $15,650,000. Sa'urday, The steamship carried Scrvia, also sailing 250,000 ounces of silver and 105,00(4 Mexican dollars. Total shipments of sil-‘ ver for 1893, to date, amount dollars. to $2,168, 000 and 800,000. Mexican Mrs. Whitney’s Will. The will of tbe late Flora Whitney, wife of ex-Secietary of tbe Navy Whit¬ ney, was filed for probate in New York Wednesday. The will was executed Jan¬ uary 31, 1893, and leaves all her proper¬ ty,' real and peisonal, to her husband, and makes him sole executor. The prop¬ erty is valued at nearly a million dollars.