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OCILLA DISPATCH,
OCILLA, GEORGIA.
IRWIN COUNTY PUBLISHING CO.,
Proprietors.
When a gypsy is buried a pieoe of
soap is interred with him. This is
possibly only another indication of
the Romany abhorrence of the article.
The new law in New York State
that, letters left by suicides shall not
be made public will do away with the
coward who makes all sorts of accusa¬
tions against those whom ho leaves
behind him.
Tapping telegraph wires for the in¬
terception of information of a com¬
mercial value has long since been ju¬
dicially declared to be theft in this
country and elsewhere, although the
article stolen was intangible, Ger¬
many has now put into operation a
law punishing the theft of electrical
power, which belongs to the same
class of undeftnable property.
Invention as a science and art (for
it involves both knowledge and prac-
tice) is better understood both as to
its meaning and scope than it was.
Thauks to the spread of education
and the more practical spirit of the
age, the popular ideas on the subject
are changing for the better. The field
of invention is ceasing to be regarded
as a kind of idealized Klondike or
Cape Nome, where the happy adven¬
turer turns up the miner’s nugget
without the hardship and the heart,
break of the miner’s life.
It ia the general complaint that
there is now no time for a thousand
/good, wholesome, friendly things one
would like to do. What has become
<o£ the time? Is there not as much of
it as there once was? As far as wa
know, there is just as much time as
there ever was or as there is ever
likely to be. This is adequate be- j
■tween sun and , sun, but it is the human | ,
machine that in some way is at fault.
It i3 the high pat it, '
pressure upon
the strain of a hundred and fifty
pounds of steam where fifty or seventy-
five would be normal.
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. In view of the scarcity and high
price of household labor in this coun¬
try, it will interest American house¬
keepers to learu tltjt ordinary house-
maids in Germany get less than $3
per month, first-class cooks less than
@6 and housekeepers about the same.
There have been, it is true, great ad¬
vances in the wages paid in this and
nearly all other kinds of German
labor, but if the rates of wages given
by the Consul are correct, it needs no
expert to show that household labor
in this country is easily three times,
and perhaps four times, as expensive
as it is in Germany.
Among the many blessings he is
conferring upon the American people
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
undertaken to teach the women of this
country how to make go:d bread.
Although bread is the most nutritious
and wholesome of food when properly
mads, when improperly made there is
nothing so injurious to health, happi¬
ness and morals. More that half the
trouble in this world comes frdm in¬
digestion, and there is nothing so in¬
digestible as bad bread. Therefore
the Secretary of Agriculture has pre¬
pared and published a bulletin which
ought to be studied by every woman,
in the land, and will be sent to all who
apply to the agricultural department
for copies. It begins with the kernel
of wheat and gives both a scientific
and a popular description of its prop¬
erties and the way to use it to the
best advantage.
Unfortunately, under our social cus¬
toms, most young girls are permitted
to attain maturity without any ade¬
quate preparation for the grave re¬
sponsibilities of life, but especially
those incident to the necessity of self-
support, observes the Atlanta Jour¬
nal. Under the natural expectation
of an early marriage, young girls are
too often permitted to acquire a sense
of dependence and security, and thus
overlook tha serious aspect of the
problem which may oonfront them in
after years, when unmarried and home¬
less, or widowed and having a family
to support, they are brought faoe to
face with serious matters of life. It
is at such times as these that the
necessity lor training, for skill in the
application of their natural talents,
either in mental or manual labor, be¬
comes so painfully evident and dis¬
tressing. It is then that the woman
looks back to wasted opportunities
and realizes fuLly the force of the
maxim that “the mills will never grind
again with the water that has passed.”
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Interesting Happenings In the
State Gathered at Random,
Muscogee Democrat* Take Action.
Muscogee Democrats held a mass
meeting in Columbus the past week at
which they appointed delegates to the
congressional convention instructed to
vote for Congressman Adamson for re¬
jection, adopted strong William J.
Bryan resolutions, indorsed Hon.
Louis F. Garrard and Captain S. P.
Gilbert as delegates to*the national
convention at Kansas City, and elected
George C. Palmer chairman of the new
executive committee. ■
Will Welcome Boon,
Governor Candler, a day or two ago,
received the following telegram from
the New York World:
venientj “Kindly telegraph, as soon as con-
your views on proposition to
invite Boers to emigrate and settle on
unoccupied lands in the United States.
Would they not make excellent citi¬
zens, worthy additions to our popula¬
tion? Would your state not welcome
them?”
Governor Candler, in speaking of
the telegram, said:
“I answered that I was heartily in
favor of the proposition, and that the
people of Georgia would extend a
hearty welcome to any of the Boers
that might come to our state to settle,
They have all the time had my sym-
P fl Hiy in their unequal strife with
England. I believe they are fighting
for that same right of local self-gov¬
ernment for which we fought from ’76
to ’8;!.”
Reward For Murderer.
A reward of 3200 for the arrest of
John Heyes, of Fannin oounty, has
been issued from the executive de¬
partment. Hayes is charged with the
murder of Robert Smith, a prominent
citizen of Fannin.
Georgia Teachers to Meet On Cumberland.
C. B. Gibson, superintendent of the
Columbus public schools and presi¬
dent Georgia Teachers’ Association,
which meets on Cumberland island,
says that the prospects for an unu¬
sually large attendances flue, The
session will be from June 26 to 30th.
There will be a number of addresses
by distinguished educators and pub¬
lic men. One of the featnres will be
the discussion of civic problems,
R - g probab!e that Dr . w . T , H ar-
r is, national commissioner of educa-
tion, and Nicholas Murray Butler, of
Columbia college, will be among the
distinguished guests in attendance.
Em banners Met In Macon.
The state board of embalraers met in
Macon the past week and examined
over forty applicants. The applicants ;
had to undergo written examinations
which were quite rigid. Quite a num¬
ber of cities and towns in Georgia were
represented among the applicants.
The board, which consists of five
embalmers, was created last fall and
the appointment was made by the gov¬
ernor.
Those applicants who failed to pass
will have an opportunity to again an¬
swer the same questions at the neat
session of the board, which is to be
held in Savannah.
Congressional Conventions.
Congressional conventions in ten
out of the eleven districts of Georgia
will meet June 5th and August 15th
for the formal nomination of the con¬
gressmen, all of whom have without
exception received the hearty endorse¬
ment of the Democrats of their dis¬
tricts.
No regular convention will be held
this year in the second district. At
the primary of the past month the
solid vote of the district was cast for
Judge Griggs, 11,000 votes im all, and
the old congressional committeo met
at Albany May 22d and formally de¬
clared Judge Griggs the party nomi-
nee. This action of the old committee
makes the holding of a regular con¬
vention unnecessary.
The last convention to be called in
the state will be that of the fourth
district at Warm Springs August 15th.
Two Juflffeg Neceggary,
Owing to the fact that the dockets
of the Fulton county superior court
are crowded with heavy business at
present, and it is desired to advance
the trialS as speedily as possible, that
court has been divided into two sec¬
tions. Judge JohnS. Candler, presid¬
ing officer of the Stone Mountain cir¬
cuit, will assist Judge J. H. Lumpkin
until the business is wound up.
Cotton Planters Organizing.
Hon. C. H. Jordan, president of the
Georgia Cotton Planters’ Protective
Association, has been in conference
with members of the executive com¬
mittee from the fifth district with a
view to pushing organization in each
county.
The work of organizing the counties
is being pushed all over the state by
such men as Pope Brown, of Pulaski;
Judge F. M. Longley, of Troup; I. B.
English, of Bibb; W. A. Broughton,
of Morgan, and Byron B. Bower, Jr.,
of Decatur.
Mr. W. A. Bates, »f Atlanta, who
has several modern ginneries, has un¬
dertaken to secure the eo-operation of
the ginners in this state and bring
them into the association with a view
to having them report on the crop as
it is baled.
The Georgia Bankers’ association
will take up the financial side of the
work at its June meeting.
Mr. Jordan has letters from commis¬
sioners of agriculture and other prom¬
inent men in the cotton belt, saying
that they will follow Georgia’s lead in
organizing planters’ associations.
Mr. Jordan is very enthusiastic, and
in reply to questions, made this inter¬
esting statement of the progress of the
work:
“The movement to organize the
planters of the Houth with a view to
marketing the cotton crop through a
longer period of time, and obtaining
correct statistical information upon
which to base prices is receiving en¬
thusiastic endorsement throughout
the cotton belt. Georgia has taken
tho initiative in this splendid move¬
ment, mid at Macon last Saturday the
G ‘orgia Cotton Growers’ Protective
association was fully organized, and
its officers directed to proceed actively
to work.
“A sub-organization is to be created
at ODce in every county in the state.
The farmers, bankers, merchants, gin¬
ners and business men generally are
to be organized together for mutual
eo-operation in tho effort to make the
movement a complete success. At the
same time the other cotton growing
states will be actively at work calling
state conventions as the preliminary
steps looking to organization, and
will uniting with Georgia of in hundreds an effort of which mil¬
mean a saving
lions of dollars to the cotton planters
in the future.
“In order to raise funds to carry on
the actual expanses of the official work
of this state, an assessment of $50 will
be levied on each county with less
than 100 members, and $100 on coun¬
ties with 100 members or more. Every
county in the state should show a
membership of at least 500. The
president of the association will or¬
ganize as many counties as possible,
and with the aid of members of the
executive committee and local organ¬
izers, the entire state will be covered
within the next 60 days.”
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To Instruct Cadets.
A letter was read at a recent meet¬
ing of the trustees of Gordon Insti¬
tute at Barnesville from Congressman
Charles I,. Bartlett, stating that at the
beginning of the next school term
officers from the regular army would
have been assigned to the different
colleges where they were located be¬
fore the Spauish-American war. This
will, of course, include Gordon Insti¬
tute.
State Wins Case.
Attorney General Terrell received a
telegram stating that in the case of
the state of Georgia against the South¬
ern Express company, argued before
the United States court at New Or¬
leans, the state won. The point of
contention by the state was that the
express company and not the sender
should affix the war tax stamps to
packages forwarded by the express
company.
Railroads Are Not “Stingry.**
The valuation , of ... the railroad , , prop-
erty of Georgia for taxation will be
materially increased this year by rea-
son of the number of_ returns that
Comptroller General Wright refused
to accept, insisting upon a higher val¬
uation.
Of tho great number of returns sent
back only three roads have been heard
from, but these three raised their fig¬
ures to suit the comptroller. All of
the roads, however, have shown a will¬
ingness to raise their returns as much
as they think is fnir.
A “PEACE” RESOLUTION
Introduced In the Senate By Mr. Mason,
of Illinois.
A Washington dispatch says: Sena¬
tor Mason introduced the following
resolution Monday:
“The United States hereby ex¬
presses the hope that the war in.
South Africa may cease at an early
day upon terms of fairness to both
England and the Transvaal.”
Boer Peace Envoys At Cleveland.
Tha Boer envoys and their party re¬
ceived a number of callers at Cleve¬
land, O., Monday morning. kt 1:30
p. m. they gave a reception, several
hundred people attending.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
COEBF.CTF.D WEEKLY.— 23
Groceries.
Roasted coffee, Arbuckle $12.80. Iffoa $11.80
—all less 50c per 100 It, cases. Green coffee,
choice 10-X e i filir 9 °l prime 8@0c. Su-
Kiir, standard granulated. New York 6.
New Orleans granulated kettle ' Gc. 25® Syrup,
New Orleans open 40c.
mixed, choice, 20 @ 18c : Salt, dairy
sacks $1.80@$ 1.40;do bbls.bulk $2.23: 100 as
$2.90; ice cream $1.25; common (>5<@70n.
Cheese,full cream 12®12f£. skims, $1.50(5)1.73;
Matches, G5a 45@55e; 200s 300s
$2.75. Hoda, boxes Gc. Crackers, soda 6c;
cream 6c, glngersnaps 5^4e. Candy, common
stick GJ^o: fancy 12®14c. Oysters, F. W.
$2.20@$2.10, L. W. $1.25.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, all wheat first patent, $4.90; seoouJ
patent, $4.25; straight, $3.80; extra fancy
$3.65; 'fancy, 59e; $3.50; mixed, extra 58c. family, Oats, $2.85. white
Corn, white,
40c; mixed 37c; Texas rustproof 40c. Rye,
Georgia $1.00. Hay, No. small 1 timothy, bales, large 95c;
bales, $1.00; No. 1,
No. 2, 90c; Meal, plain, 55o ; bran small sacks
$1.00. Shorts $1.05. Stock meal, 95c per 100
pounds. Cotton seed meal $1.10 per 100
pounds. Grits $2.90®$8.00 per bbl; $1.30(g)
$1.40 per bag.
Country Produo©.
Eggs fair demand, 12® 12)^c. Butter, Fancy
Jersey, 18®20.!; choice 12® 15. Live
poultry, in demand; hens 27<® 30c; large
fries 20®25e, spring broilers 12}£® 17c, good
sale. Ducks, puddle, 15 @ 18c, Pek¬
ing 22t£®2he, Irish potatoes, potatoes, white 80@85c 60
per bushel; Sweet yams
<®70o, pumpkin comb yams 7^®8J^e; 80®$1.00. Onions, Honey,
strained 6@7;in now
$1.50 per bushel, $3.50®$3.00 per hbi. Cab¬
bage, Florida stock, green, 2®2>£o pound. 6@7e.
Dried fruit, apples 5®6e; peaohes peaches
Figs G@7c; prunes 5(5)7, peeled
15@16.
Provisions.
Clear side ribs, boxed ha H rib3
rib bellies 7$£@8j^; ice-cured bel¬
lies 9^c. Sugar-cured 8%e\ hams llK@13%;Lard, 7^®8o.
best quality second quality
Cotton.
Market closed steady; middling 8>^o-
A NEGRO PARTY
First Steps Looking to Such an
‘ Organization Are Taken.
THE LEADERS MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
.Suggestions For President and Vice Pres¬
ident-Bishop Turner Expresses Views
Concerning the Movement.
The first steps looking to the organi¬
zation of a national negro party have
been taken in Philadelphia. Promi¬
nent negroes—bishops, ministers, ed¬
itors and lawyers—at a meeting last
Tuesday decided to place a presiden¬
tial ticket in the field with negro can¬
didates. The plan is to organize the
party in every state of the Union
and nominate candidates for state and
congressional offices.
Names mentioned for president in¬
clude ex-Judge E. J. AValker, of Bos¬
ton, with P. B. S. Pinehback, ex-lieu¬
tenant governor of Louisiana, as run¬
ning mate; Bishop W. B. Derrick, of
New York, with Professor Debers as
running mate; Bishop Grant, of Illi¬
nois, with the Rev. J. P. Sampson as
vice president; Bishop Turner, with
Booker T. Washington, of Alabama,
as vice president, and Biahop Walters,
with T. T. Allain, of Louisiana, a»
vice president. said H. C. C. Ast-
“The platform,”
wood after the meeting, “will insist
upon the observance of the constitu¬
tion of the United States, the civil and
political rights of every citizen with¬
out regard to race, color or condition.
Tho Monroe doctrine and opposition
to monopolies, trusts and rings, and
the duty of the government to control
all public conveyance such as rail¬
roads, etc., and all telegraph and tele
phone operations, so as not to burden
the people with unnecessary taxa¬
tion.”
Bishop H. M. Turner, who was not
present at the meeting, expresses
doubt as to any practical results from
the organization of a negro party if it is
intended to bo a political party in the
ordinary sense, for the reason that the
negroes comjrose a small minority of
the voters. Having said this, he
added:
“I am in favor of a national negro
party if it is intended to secure an ap¬
propriation which will enable the ne¬
groes to move to a place where they
can be by themselves. I take no stock
in any movement which does not con¬
template the separation of tho races.
This is a white man’s country and
will remain so. The negro has con¬
tinually to contend with the opposi¬
tion of the low and vicious classes of
the whites. White gentlemen take no
f iu aad if they give the ne-
f thonght at aU it ia wit h an
betterment or bis employ-
I baJ . f(>1 . fear o[ being called ne-
loyerS) fte better class of whito
piople pay little on the subject. de¬
“In order to reach the highest
velopment of which he is capable the
negro should be by himself, where he
will not occupy a secondary position.’’
TROOPS SUFFER GREATLY.
Long March In Philippines Lay Many of
Them Low.
A dispatch received in Manila from
Camion, dated June 4th, says Major
P. regiment C. March’s men of the Thirty-third
returned to Candou that day
by steamer from Aparri. A majority
of the men are ready for the hospital.
They an thin and weak, having trav¬
eled 250 milts in the mountains, dur¬
ing which they suffered greatly from
hunger. started
Of the fifty horses which
with the battalion thirteen survived.
The remainder died on the march or
fell into canyons. The battalion prac¬
tically collapsed at Plat, thirty miles
from Maguegarao, as the result of
fevers and exhaustion.
Eighty-seven of the men were con¬
veyed from Plat to Maguegarao in bull
carts, and those falling on the way
were carried in litters by the Igorottis
with the column.
Prices of Food Doubled.
A San Francisco dispatch says: Ow¬
ing to the quaiantine the prices of all
kinds of food have been doubled in
Chinatown, All available supply of
rice, it is said, lias been cornered by a
few ChiceRe merchants. No new cases
of the plague have been reported.
TWELVE BLOCKS BURNED.
Business l’orfion of a Minnesota Town Is
Laid In Ashes.
Thursday the entire business and
moat of the residence section of the
towniof Virginia, Minn., on the Mesa-
ba iron range, was wiped out of exis¬
tence by fire. In one hour’s time
fully one hundred nnd twenty-five
buildings were reduced to ashes.
The flames broke out at the Moon
and Kerr mill on the shore of Silver
lake, southwest of the town, and was
carried swiftly along by a high wind.
The path of the flames was as clean
cut as that of a cyclone.
STANDING INVITATION.
President of South African Republic May
Eventually Locate In Pennsylvania.
It is reported by the Canton, Pa.,
Sentinel that President Kruger, if he
succeeds in evading the British, will
locate in or near Brownlee, Tioga
oounty, Pennsylvania. Henry Malles,
a relative of Kruger, who lives in
Brownlee, wrote Kruger, at the break¬
ing out of the war, inviting him to lo¬
cate there in case eventualities made
it necessary for him to leave the
Transvaal.
KRUGER TALKS
TO REPORTER
Transvaal Capital Now Located
In a Railroad Car.
BOERS NOT YET WHIPPED
Oom Paul Declares That The
South African War Is No.
where Near an End.
Dispatches reaching London state
that the executive offices of the Trans¬
vaal government are in n railway car
which is shunted on a switch at
Machadorp station. President Kruger
caused the interior of the coach to be
reconstructed some time ago with a
view to contingencies that now have
arrived.
A correspondent of The Daily Ex-
press, who went from Lourenzo Mar-
ques to see President Kruger, was re-
ceived Thursday. The president sat
smoking a long pipe. He looked wor-
ried, but his bearing was quiet and
determined. He did uot make the
least objection to being interviewed.
The correspondent was equipped for
the interview by cables from London,
“Yes,” said President Kruger, “it
ls quite true that the British have
occupied Pretoria. This, however,
does not end the war. The burghers
are fully determined to fight to the
last. They will never surrender so
long as 500 armed men remain in the
country. I feel deeply encouraged
by the fine work Steyu and Dewet are
doing in the Free State.”
Tho correspondent suggested that
the war was over, inasmuch as the
capital had been taken.
“The capital,” exclaimed President
Kruger, with energy. “What is a
e&pital ? It does uot consist of any
particular collection of bricks and mor-
tar. The capital of the republic, the
seat of government is here in this car.
There is no magic about any special
site. Our country is invaded, it is
true, hut it is uot conquered. The
government is still effective.”
Referring to the reasons why he left
Pretoria, Mr. Kruger said:
“I was not foolish enough to be '
taken prisoner. I provided this means
of locomotion precisely for the same
reason as our burghers supply them- j
selves with horses when they take the
field. '
“There is much surprise at your i
having left Mrs. Kruger behind,” said j
the correspondent. j
“But why?” asked President Kru-
ger. “Mrs. Kruger is quite safe in
Pretoria. She would only be put to
personal inconvenience here. Ail
communication between us is stopped,
of course, but she will await my re-
turn with calmness and courage. She
is a brave woman. I am here await-
iug further information. We are sur¬
rounded by faithful burghers and are
quite safe."
“You may depend upon it that the
war is not yet over,” State Secretary
Reitz remarked. “Guerrilla warfiue
will continue over an enormous area.
We intend to fight to the bitter end
and shall probably retire upon Lyden-
burg, where we can hold out for many
months.
“Yes,” observed President Kruger,
“it is only now that the real struggle
has begun. I fear there will still be
much bloodshed, but the fault is that
of the British government.”
Then raising his voice to an almost
passionate height, Kruger exclaimed:
“The time has passed for us to talk.
We have done plenty of that, but it
has done us no good. The only thing
left for us is to keep on fighting.”
EMPRESS GIVES ORDERS.
Chinese General I* Instructed to Protect
Railroad Willi Pekin.
A special dispatch received in Lon¬
don from Shanghai, dated 7:30 p. m.
Thursday, says tho dowager empress
has ordered General Neih Si Chong,
with 3J000 men, to protect the railroad
with Pekin. A severe fight, it is add¬
ed, has occurred with the boxers,
whose ranks include many soldiers
from other generals’ commands. When
the battle ended two hundred dead
were left on the field.
CHINA’S RULER DEFIANT.
Empress Dowager Orders Her Troops to
Oppose All Foreigners.
The Shanghai, China, Gazette says
it nas the highest authority for stating
the dowager empress has ordered the
Tsung Li Yaineu to face all Europe
rather than to interfere with the boxer
movement.
Elsewhere it is asserted that the
viceroy has ordered the troops to op¬
pose the further landing of parties
from foreign warships and that the
troops now engaged in operations are
designed to prevent further foreign
re-enforeeuents reaching Pekin.
PRUNE PACKERS COMBINE,
Company Willi 81,000,000 Capital Or-
gnnlicd at San Joir, California.
As a result of a largely attended
meeting of fruit packers in San Jose,
California, Thursday, the California
Packers’ Company has been incorpo¬
rated with a capital of 31.000,000,
divided into shares of 310 each. The
object of the company is the packing
of primes in co-operation with the
California Cured Fruit association.
CONGRESS HAS ENDED
Both Houses Adjourn Sine Die
Amidst Exciting Scenes,
RUSHING WORK AND MUCH MERRIMENT
Sputtker Henderson Given An Ovation.
Tho Member* Klnjf “Dixie** ami
Cheers Break Forth.
The first session of the 56th Con¬
gress was brought to a close Thurs¬
day, one day later than the date pre¬
viously fixed upon by resolution.
In a marked contrast with the excit-
ing incidents attending the bitter
struggles of the closing hours of the
session of the house .Speaker Hender¬
son laid down his gavel at 5 o’clock
Thursday afternoon at the conclusion
of one of the most picturesque scenes
which has ever occurred in the house
of representatives.
Party passion and personal rancor
which had brought the house to the
brink of actual riot several times dur-
ng the forty-eight hoars previously
gave way during the last half hour to
good fellowship, which found vent in
a patriotic outbursts that stirred the
crowded galleries to the highest pitch
of enthusiasm.
Duringthe brief recess, taken within
thirty minutes of the time fixed for
the final adjournment t©givetlie presi-
dent an opportunity to affix his signa¬
tnre to the bills that were being rush-
©d to him for approval, a group of
members led by Mercer,, of Nebraska;
Ball, of Texas; Fitzgerald, of K4»sa-
chusetts, and Tawney, of Minnesota,
congregated in the arena to the left of
the speaker’s rostrum and began sing-
iug patriotic airs. The entire mem¬
bership of the house joined in the
choruses. The gal Series applauded
each song until the strains of “Dixie”
hall.
Then the unbounded enthusiasm
broke out iu wild cheers. But the en-
thusiasm, “Dixie” evoked! was uot to
be compared with the remarkable de-
monstrntion which followed, when, in
a elear ringing tenor, Mr. Fitzgerald
started the anthem with the inspiring
words “Through the Dawn’s Early
light.” Iu an instant, all the men,
women and children in the galleries
were on their feet, joining iu the sing-
ing. The speaker, pausing as he en*
tered the hall, raised his voice also.
The excitement produced by the scene
overcame a white haired old man in
the gallery, and when the song ceased,
he jumped upon his seat and shouted:
“That is the song of the angels of
heaven.”
He was plainly a crank, but as he
showed a disposition to harrangue the
house, he was quickly ejected.
After Speaker Henderson had mad©
a graceful farewell speech, thanking
the members for their courtesy, and
had declared the house adjourned, the
members testified to his popularity by
singing, “For He is a Jolly Good
Fellow,” and the newspaper corres¬
pondents in the press gallery cele¬
brated their emancipation from the
burdens of congress by singing the
“Doxology.”
IN THE SENATE.
For the senate it was a day of wait¬
ing. The naval appropriation, bill—
the stumbling block to final adjourn¬
ment—could not be agreed to by the
conferees of the two houses and the
disagreement was reported to the sen¬
ate early in the day. There was ati
evident disposition on the part of the
senate to make trouble if the conferees
should recede from the senate amend¬
ment as to the ocean surveys and it
was deemed the wiser policy to afford
the house an opportunity again to pass
upon the question.
The concluding hour of the session
was a purely social session. No busi¬
ness beyond the adoption of the cus¬
tomary resolution of thanks to the
chair, Mr. Frye, was accomplished.
Mr. Frye acknowledged the compli¬
ment gracefully.
Fifty-eight house pension bills were
passed. An ineffectual attempt was
made by Mr. Chandler, of New Hamp¬
shire, to obtain consideration for his
resolution instructing the committee
on privileges and elections to inquire
into the constitutionality of the elec¬
toral laws of certain states.
Precisely at 5 o’clock the gavel fell
and the session was at an end.
WHEELER A BRIGADIER.
Nomination Made By McKinley Is Con¬
firmed By the Senate.
A Washington special says: The
senate Tuesday night confirmed the
nomination of General YVheeler, of
Alabama, to be a brigadier general.
Sale of Cocaine Must Stop.
The Chattanooga city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of cocaine and all poisonous
drugs in the city limits except on phy¬
sicians’ prescriptions. The penalty is
a large flue to bo imposed by the city
recorder.
W heeler Will Be Retired.
It is said at the war department that
General Wheeler will be given no mil¬
itary assignment under his commission
as brigadiar general of regulars, but
that he will be placed on retired list,
North Dakota Democrats Act.
The North Dakota state Democratic
convention iu Fargo, Wednesday,
adopted a platform reaffirming the
platform of 1896, denouncing impe¬
rialism and instructing delegates as a
unit for Bryan.