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WEIRD CONGRESS
use anfl Senate Calleti fe Order
In Kepiar S:s ia
Dally Summary of Routine Business iu
the Two Houses.
THE SENATE.
14th Day. —In the senate, Wednes¬
day morning, Mr. Hoar presented a
monster petition, wound around the
wheels of a bicycle, and containing
the names of 150,000 signers in favor
of good, common high roads. It was
referred to the committee on inter¬
state commerce. Mr. Hoar then took
tho floor and addressed the senate on
the Hawaiian question, calling up the
resolution laid over from Monday at
his own request for the reference of
the president’s .Hawaiian message to
the committee on foreign rela¬
tions. He argued against the con¬
stitutionality and legality of the
powers entrusted by the president
to Commissioner Blount during
the session of the senate and without
the consent of that body. He asked
whether Mr. Stevens could have been
appointed while congress was in ses¬
sion without the consent of the senate,
and said he did not support any of the
president’s defenders, ‘ ‘except possibly
some editor of a New York newspaper
of foreign birth, not supposed to have
much understanding either of the spirit
or constitution of the United States,”
would hold the affirmative view-. He
compared the instructions to Minister
Willis to those given by Dogberry to
the watch, and suggested that Thurston
had gone back to Hawaii to infuse a
little of the spirit of John Duke of Ar
gyle’s answer to Queen Caroline into
the reply of the Hawaiian government
to “his modern American majesty.”
I5th Day.— In the senate, Thurs¬
day, a good part of the time was de¬
voted to executive business and many
nominations were confirmed. At 12:45
o’clock the senate, on motion of Mr.
Mills, proceeded to the consideration
of executive business. When the
doors were opened the corrected house
joint resolution, providing for the hol¬
iday recess of congress until Wednes¬
day, January 3d, 1894, was laid before
the senate and concurred in. At 1:50
o’clock the senate took a recess un¬
til 2i39 o’clock' At the expiration
of the ’recess the senate resumed
its session, and after transact
ing some rcJitine business, at
2:45 o’clock again went into executive
session. The legislative session was
resumed at 3:40 o’clock and the chair
laid before the senate a communication
from the secretary of state in response
to the resolution of the senate calling
for information as to whether permis¬
sion had been'granted any foreign cable
company to land its cable or lines on
the coast of the United States
since March 1, 1893. The secretary
of state said no such permission
had been granted since March
1, 1893, either conditionally or uncon¬
ditionally, knowing of no law of con¬
gress authorizing him or any other
executive officer to do so; that several
times prior to that date such permis¬
sion was refused unless completed on
prescribed conditions, and that he
knows of no reason for granting such
permission since March 1, 1893, that
did not exist prior to that date. Mr.
' Frye, 0 f Maine, author of the resolu¬
tion to which the communication was
a reply, asked that the communication
lie on the table, as he desired to call
the attention of congress to some mat¬
ters connected with it. Then, on mo¬
tion of Mr. Gorman, the senate, at
3:45 o’clock p. m., adjourned until
Wednesday, January 3, 1894.
TIIE IIOU*tE.
14th Day— After the reading of the
journal in the house, Wednesday
morning, the reference of the pure
food bill, introduced Tuesday, occa¬
sioned some discussion, both the com¬
mittee on inter-state and foreign com
mercrce and the committee on agricul
ture claiming jurisdiction. The bill
was read for information. A yaa and
nay vote be:«g demanded on its refer¬
ence, it was temporarily laid aside.
An order was adopted for printing
the majority and minority re¬
ports of the ways and means com¬
mittee on the tariff bill. The con¬
ference report on the little urgency
deficiency bill, coming over from the
extraordinary session, was taken up,
the point in controversy being the sen
ate amendment to pay senators’ clerks
and certain per diem employes for ser¬
vices v during the recess of the fifty-first
congress. After discussing the report
Mr. Combs moved that the house re¬
cede from its disagreement to the sen¬
ate amendment, allowing pay to sen
ate employes during the congressional
recess of 1891, and agree to the same.
The division resulted, yea 93, nays 92.
The point of no quorum was raised and
the yeas and nays ordered. The vote
resulted yeas 141, nays 89. The amend¬
ment was agreed to and the conference
report dispt l of.
15th. day./ iln the house, Thurs¬
day morning, Mr. Boutelle sub¬
mitted a priviledged resolution and
asked immediate consideration. The
resolution sets forth Ah*t on March
11, 1893, the if*#tary ■ of the
navy issued instructions to the officer
in charge of the United States naval
forces at Honolulu to confer with spec¬
ial Commissioner Blount and that said
Commissioner Blount issued orders to
lower the American flag over the gov¬
ernment building and withdraw the
United States marines stationed there.
The report from Rear Admiral
Skerrett shows that he obeyed the
military orders of said Special
Commissioner .Blount. It not
being shown that Commissioner
Blount held any military or naval rank
under the United States which would
entitle lain to issue such orders, the
secretary of the navy is directed to in¬
form the house why these instructions
were issued to Commissioner Blount,
and to furnish eopies of all such in¬
structions. Mr. Talbot objected and
asked that tho resolution be referred
to the committee on naval affairs.
After some discussion, the speaker held
that it was not a privileged resolution
and could not have been received only
by unanimous consent, and it was
referred to the committee on
naval affairs. Mr. McLeary re¬
ported from the committee on
foreign affairs a resolution as a sub¬
stitute for those introduced by Mr.
Beuteli and Mr. Hitt. Mr. McCreary
desired to make a personal statement.
Mr. Beutelle rose to a parliamentary
inquiry. Several members rose to
make points of order, but the speaker
held that no point of order could be
made during a call of the committee
for reports. Mr. Reed rose to a par¬
liamentary inquiry, and Mr. Boutelle
stated that a serious error had been
made; but the speaker said that no de¬
bate was in order, and directed the
seargeant-at-arms to seat all members.
Mr. Reed said this reported resolu¬
tion, if it went to the calendar, would
lose its privilege, and he did not be¬
lieve that the house could be deprived
of its right to examine this matter.
Mr. Boutelle said the speaker had pre¬
viously ruled that this was a privil¬
eged question and if the speaker
now held that such privileged ques¬
tions could be placed upon the calen¬
dar, would give to tho chair absolute
authority over the consideration of all
privileged questions, even including
that of impeachment. The speaker
had read precedents showing that any
bill reported from a committee during
the morning hour must take its place
on the calendar. After a lively dis¬
cussion, participated in by the speaker,
Boutelle and Reed, the speaker said
that the best way to determine tho
rights of this privileged question
would be to ascertain them when the
gentleman called the matter up for ac¬
tion. So the resolution was placed
on the calendar. At 3:15 o’olock, the
house, upon motion of Mr. Holman,
adjourned for the holiday recess, until
January 3rd, 1894.
TRADE TOPICS.
Dun & Co.’s Review of Business for
the Past Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: It is proof of the enor
mous vitality of the country that while
mills are stopping in every direction
and the army of unemployed is larger
than it has been for many years, other
mills are constantly starting up to an
swer the demand, which a year of un
precedented disaster has only
stimulated. Trade still waits as
much ns it can, aDd yet the vol
ume of business ou a mere hand
to-mouth basis is such as would have
been called large a few years ago. The
fierce struggle of the Pittsburg region
for business drives prices to the lowest
point ever known—$11 for Bessemer
iron and $16.75 for steel billets—and
takes away nearly all new work from
tlie east and west, where depression
increases.
Wheat receipts at the west have
been 3,291,872 bushels, against 5,548,
913 the same week last year, and At¬
lantic exports only 596,704, against
1,879,378 last year, aud stocks in
sight increased rapidly, but prices de¬
clined 1 cent with sales of only 4,690,
000 bushels here. Corn receipts were
very large—3,463,620 bushels, against
2,231,390 last year, and exports were
fully" maintained, tho price yielding J
cent.
Pork packing at the west exceed
last year’s, and prices droop in spite
of reports and though hogs are prov
ing of poor quality. The sugar crop
of Cuba is estimated at 1,600,000 tons,
but prices, as yet, are but fairly
steady. Cotton receipts have been
very heavy, 71,000 bales larger than
for the same week last year, with re
ceipts only 120,000 larger, and takings
of northern spinners decreased, but
prices advanced 3-16 of a cent
Failures are numerous and large;
339 in the United States for the week,
against 2,9 last week, and 40 in Can
ada, against 25 last week, but » "owe
feature is their importance. The list
of the week includes seven ban s
with one of the oldest private banks—
for $500,000; an agricultural ma
cliinery establishment for $1,000,000,
and an increase of stocks of $o00,000;
a lumber heavy concern tobacco for dealer; ^1; $ 500 anc »J * 00 n dry j a
goods concern for $lo0,t00-—making
$2,500,000 for our failures. Estimated
liabilities of the firms failing m the
first week of December were $2, <0
409, against $3,28*676i the previous
week, including $2,600,000 of trading
and $1,700,000 of manufacturing con
eerns.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Government anfl News ot
-He Djpartrats Drain!
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo¬
ple and Their General Welfare.
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, has
been selected by' the speaker to preside
in the committee of the whole during
the consideration of the tariff bill.
Congressman Brawley, who was ap¬
pointed as district judge for South
Carolina, was confirmed by the senate
Thursday. Mr. Brawley will accept
the position and will resign his seat in
congress at once.
The senate in executive session
Wednesday confirmed the following
nominations; Wayne MacVeigh, of
Pennsylvania, to be ambassador of the
United States to Italy; John B. Riley,
of New York, to be consul general at
Ottawa; James H. Forney, of Idaho,
attorney of the United' States for the
district of Idaho.
In the fortification appropriation bill
which Mr. Livingston reported to the
house an appropriation is made for a
twelve-inch gun at Fort Pulaski, Sa¬
vannah. It also provides for a twelve
inch gun at Charleston. These guns
mounted and ready for use cost a half
million dollars for each. It costs
about $1,000 for the amunition each
time they are fired.
Secretary Herbert Thursday evening
gave out his decision in the case of
Commodore%Stanton, detached from
tho command of the south Atlantic
station for saluting Melloiu the harbor
of Rio. The secretary restores Stanton
to duty and assigns him to the com¬
mand of the North Atlantic squadron.
This is regarded as perhaps the choicest
station to command among them all.
The state department has received a
dispatch indicating that another one
of the Latin-American coijsttnes is
likely to be embroiled iu \nu*. The
dispatch, which was from General P.
M. B. Young, the United States min¬
ister to Honduras and Guatamala,
reads as follows: “The Honduran rev¬
olutionists are advancing from Nica¬
ragua on Honduras. The Honduran
army is ready to meet the revolution¬
ists. ”
The major general commanding the
United States army has approved that
part of the new tactics providing for
officers giving commands, under cer¬
tain circumstances, by whistles instead
of by word of mouth, fi'he whistles
are to be placed iu the cross pieces of
the guards of the swords, 1 and an order
has been issued to the .commanding
officers of the Springfield armory and
the Rock Island arsenal to make this
alteration as promptly as possible.
There is a big fight on iu the ways
and means committee over the pro¬
posed income tax. When the commit¬
tee met Thursday afternoon considera¬
ble objection was manifested to Mr.
Carlisle’s suggestion in his published
report. Several members of the com¬
mittee were found to be in favor of a
straightout individual income tax on
all incomes derived from whatever
sources over and above $4,000. TVs
would include much of Mr. Carlisle’s
plans. The matter was discussed at
length in the committee, but no agree
ment was reached.
A subject which will receive some
consideration at the hands of the com
mittee on appropriations at this ses-
8 j on G f the house, is embodied in the
b ii{ introduced by Representative Say¬
ers, its chairman, entitled a bill “to
repeal certain laws relating to perma¬
nent and indefinite appropriations.”
Bills having this object in view have
appeared perennially during* the past
seven years, but for various reasons
they have failed of enactment. The
object of repealing these permanent
appropriations and having congress
pass upon the matters covered by them
each year is that it will conduce to a
more thorough and careful examina
tion of terms of appropriation than is
obtained under the present system by
which the recounts are credited and
passed upon by the accounting officers,
and where no opportunity is left for
scrutiny by congressional committees,
Secrrlary Carlisle’s Report,
The annual report of Secretary of
^he Treasury Carlisle was transmitted
congress Wednesday. The secre
tary estimates the revenues of the gov
eminent for the fiscal year, which will
end on t be 30 th of next June, at $430,-
121,000, leaving a deficit of $28,000,
00 o Qn the Pacific He mentions that
there are railroad bonds,known
ftg „ cur sixes/ > is8ued in and of
the Pacjfic railroad8j falling due with
in the year 1894> to the am()mlt of $2,-
362>000 whicb muet be paid at matur
.. and recommends that congress
tftke action at this 8e6sioI1 to provide
for tbem
He 8Ug ^ a8 a meang ol enabling
the governm g H to promptly meet the
emergency ftnd to pr0 vide a larger re
eerve f und> several courses of action,
Q ne j 8 the issue of three per cent.
fj ve _y ear bonds, in small amounts, to
b@ djgpo8ed of through the sub-treas
ur ^ eg and postoffiees to our own peo
pJe Another is the issue of fifty
mi]lion do u ar8 i n one-year, ^ three per
wnt bonds at par n til the effect of
the repeal of the Sherman silver pur¬
chase law is more* fully developed, he
does not consider it advisable to rec¬
ommend further specific legislation on
that subject. Ho favors legislation to
authorize tho more extended use of
silver certificates.
He refers to the opinion of his pre¬
decessor and of tho late attorney gen¬
eral that tho gain or seignorage result¬
ing from the coinage of silver bullion
as it progresses, constitutes a part of
the general assets of the treasury, and
states that he has ordered the mints at
New Orleans and San Franeisco to be
kept in readiness to commence the
eomage of standard silver dollars at
any time when required.
He champions the system of substi¬
tuting ad valorem duties for speciflo
duties in the collection of customs,
and recommends an increase of ten
cents a gallon in the internal revenue
tax on distilled spirits; the imposition
of additional internal revenuo taxes on
cigars and cigarettes; the imposition
of new taxes on playing cards, cosmet¬
ics, perfumeries, legacies and succes
cessious and incomes derived from in¬
vestments in stocks and bonds of cor¬
porations ami joint stock companies.
On the subject of the sugar bounty
the secretary simply says: “I respect¬
fully call attention to the various rec¬
ommendations contained in the report
of the commissioner of internal reve¬
nue, and ask their favorable consider¬
ation by congress. In regard to the
condition of affairs in the sea islands
of South Carolina, Secretary Carlisle
only refers to tho work done by the
Marine hospital service, and adds:
“This work, purely of a military na¬
ture is to be supplemented by the ef
fq*|s of the Red Cross Society in re¬
lieving tho physical necessities of the
people. ”
HOPKINS IS MAYOR.
The Result of Ihe Chicago Electior
Ciies Him the Place.
Judge Frank Scales, as ex-officie
chairman of tho board of election
commissioners, Thursday declared
John Hopkins mayor of Chicago.
This was done after the official count
had been made and Hopkins’ plurality
found to be 1,290. The official figures
show the vote of the four mayoralty
candidates to be as follows: Hopkins,
democrat, 112,959; Swift, republican,
111,669; Britzins, socialist, 2,004;
Wakely, populist silver, 535. The re¬
publicans who have been claiming the
election of Swift because of alleged
democratic irregularities were given
opportunity to prtsent charges, but
they filed none.
i. Whiteeaps Reien*f»tl.
:A , Jackson, T , Miss., VI speouM ... ,,
ernor Stone Saturday pardoned Alex
Reeves, Martin and Rowan Moak, Dan
Simmons, James Robertson and Reu¬
ben Leonard, sentenced by Judge
Chrisman for two years last May at
Brookhaven for whiteeapping, and J.
P. Tyson, sentenced . , , for _ one „ year from
Copiah for the same county offense. ty Wp Ihe W-J governor
went to the prison in person aud made.
them a k indly talk.
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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The review of 1 tie iixius rial situation in the
south for the pant, we k s' ow< that a de¬
cided increase in the number of newly e<tab
lilt d industrial plants, together wi h an
• qunliy increa «cl inq tiry for new machinery,
iu iica es conclusively that, a ready ivnpr ve
ment lias taken place. This impr.vi menr veh ex
tends to sli branches of indm r al d« e¬
ment and is shared in by all p rtions of u e
son hern sr,nte-. The firm condition < f tne i on
market continues, and an increased demand to
die products of coal mines and of ore mines is
repoi ted.
The text le industry is in a healthy condition,
and improvement is 10 be noted in the markets
for lun her < f all kirds. The prospects fora
favorable winter’s business in the south are be¬
ll ve I to he bright. established
Fifty-thre j n< vv- indus'ries were or
ine npora ed during the week. 10 ether with
eight enlarg meets of manufactories, «nd
twenty-one imp >r ant new buildings. Prom -
nent among the new iudn tries of tlio week
are; Ihe incorporation at Macon, Ga , of the
Macon Impr vement C >nipftuy, cap t.«l $1,000
000. by I) G Hughes and others; the Phoenix
Pebble Pno-tpha e Company, ot Jacksonville,
Fla., capital $150, IK). A. B. Campbell and
others, incorporators; the Virginia Brick &
Stone Company, of Richmond, Va. c.pitai
$100,00the Montgomery Stora e Comnanv,
of Montgomery, A'a., by B. J. Baldwin and as
socia'e*, capital $100,000. and a box fac or.v
wi h $100.0 K) capital at Kenner, La., by P. C.
Hanfoo l and others.
Ti e Manci ac Cypress Co., capital $50,000, J
has been chartered at New Orleans, La , b
D. Lacv and others; a pants factory with $30 -
000 capita , at Char otto, N. C., by R. J. li,e
v rd; the Modern M lliug Co., flouring milk
capital $30 000, at Waxacchie, Texas, by W.
A- Shaw aud 01 li rs; the E. W. Frost Lumhe
Co., at Texarkana, Ark., cipital $25,000. E. W.
Frost, president, and t e Georgia Biowing As¬
sociation, at, S vaunah, Ga., capital $25,000,
by Goo. Schwartz and others
Agricultural implement works Camden, are reported Ark-,
at Augusta, Ga-; brick works at
a canning factory at Helena, Ark., electric
hgh ing plan s at Ripley, T^nn., Abilene and
Cm sienna. Texas, and Lynchburg, Va.; chemical a cot¬
ton and woolen null at Helena. Ark.; ami grist
wmks at Galveston, Texas; flour
mils at Satieville, Kv.; East Bend, N. O.,
Ahjeneand Corsicana, Texas, and foundries
and mach ne shops at Black Bock, Ark., and
Corsicana, i exits. reported at Blue
Mining com pmies Tenn.. are Pinenlle Ky., King’*
Spr ngs St tiou,
M nntain, N C., and B acksburg, 8. U; a y un
mill at Litt.o R ck. Ark; a po tery at Camden,
Ark; a tannery a f Roi.nev, W. Va; a t*ib*cco Bnr
tactory «t Danville, V*., an 1 dye works at
lmuoii, N- C- A cirriage f ctory will be built
a». Cor-icana, Texas, lumber tu 11s at New Berne,
S, C.. saw and planing mills a> Ragan. Ala.,
Tallahassee, Fla., Vick burg, Miss . Corsicana
and Yoakum. Texas, and wa’er works at Bar
ow and Quincy, Fla., and Lockhart, Ttxas.—
iradtsmaa (.Cliatvauoogs (lean }
SOUTHERN NEWS I t • .
Tiie Crift of Per Pr.iress anS Pros¬
perity Briefly Motet
Happenings of Inieresi. Portrayed In
Pithy Paragraphs.
A special from Selma, Ala. sa y»:
A three-year-old child of Henry and
Millie Smith was carried off over a
week ago by an eagle. Thursday the
body was found on a rook cliff about
three miles from the boy’s home.
Articles of incorporation have bo en
filed in the probate court at Mont¬
gomery, Ala., for the Southern Refin¬
ery of Montgomery, with a capital
stock of $10,000, for thepnrposeof re¬
fining sugars, molasses aud syrups.
The mcorporators all are substantia!
merchants of the city.
Advices from Hermosillu, Texas,
state that the Yakquin Indians have
started in on their winter campaign of
depredations aud a large number of
outrages have been committed by them
since cold weather set in, in tho Sierra
Madre mountains, in which the uncon¬
querable braves have tlioir stronghold.
A Jacksonville dispatch says: The
Duval Club received a setback Friday
in its efforts to pull off the Corbett
Mitchell light. The attorney for the
club appeared before Governor Mitch¬
ell, at Tallahassee, and made applica¬
tion for charter. This the governor
flatly refused, stating that under cover
of the charter the club proposed to
violate the laws of Flor ida.
A resolution was agreed to in both
bouses of South Carolina’s legislature
Thursday, providing for the. prepara¬
tion of a memorial to congress asking
for suitable federal legislation to com¬
pel the South Carolina, the Columbia
and Greenville, the Spartanburg ami
Columbia and tho Charlotte, Columbia
ang Augusta railroads which arc in the
hands of receivers, to pay then taxon.
Just before noon Thursday the last
spike was driven on the new South
bound railroad, between Jacksonville,
Fla., and Savannah, and it mnde the
Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road complete, connecting Columbia.
S. C., with Tampa., Fla. Through
trains from New York over the Rich
mond and Danville, tho Southbound
and the Florida Central and Peninsula
will now begin running.
A special faom Paint Rock, N. U,,
says: The dead body of Lin Lnn, the
lost Chinaman, was found about six
and a halt' miles from that place on *
bluff in Cocke county, Tennessee,
Thursday morning, 'ihe Ctroifttaan
wag almost Hurt* ub« bad a Mrtlftt
^ about hig wa i Bt , Lin Luc is the
Chinaman who was slugged by toughs
near Asheville and who afterwards
was seen running through the woods
wildly insane.
A New Orleans dispatch of Thtas
Mly / “hich SSl2 .
wa kiIled occurr ed this morn
^ Ge()rge B p r<?chae]£8j pre «i
dent of the American Rice Milling
company, which operated the do
stroyed mill, sent a bullet through hi»
temple. Death was instantaneous.
The fire was the direct cause of the
suicide, but previous business reverses
had something to do with it.
A Knoxville, Tenn., special says:
Henry Davenport, the Knox county
land owner and capitalist, who some
time ago, it will be remembered, was a
victim of gold brick swindlers, made a
complete assignment of all his proper¬
ty Thursday morning for the benefit of
his creditors. The schedule of liabili¬
ties, consisting of notes, mortgages $12,930.
and judgements aggregate
The heaviest creditor is the Southern
Building and Loan Association, who
are protected by a mortgage for $5,000.
Proceedings were begun in the Uni¬
ted States circuit court at Charleston
Thursday before Judge Simonton, in
the natnre of a suit brought by Annit
Oautini, an Italian and the subject of
the kingdom of Italy, lor $10,090 dam
ages. The constables on October 3rd,
last, entered his store on Trade street
and searched it for liquor, which they
failed to find. On the same day they en¬
tered his residence, 52 King street and
searched the premises. Judge Simon¬
ton issued an order for tho arrest of
T. S. Gaillard, C. B. Swan, R. H
Pepper and C. B. McDonald.
Congress Takes a Recess.
Congress adjourned Thursday fo»
the Christmas holidays, It will not
met again until Wednesday, the 3d of
January. The trains leaving Wash
ington Thursday afternoon and night
were crowded. Not more than about
fifty senators and members will spend
the holidays in Washington. Many of
them who live too far off to go home
for the short vacation will spend theit
time in New York and other cities new
Washington.
CLEVER AT MATO <f.MATKS
Mamma—Robbie, how many time
have I told you that you cannot have
two pieces of pie? know, unless caa
Robbie—I don’t pi*.—{Chi¬ you
tell me how often we’ve had
cago Inter-Ocean.