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LOOKS WARLIKE.
f'The Warsaw (Russian-Poland) arsenii
is working day and night. At Ivovo molt
extensive earthworks and detached forty
arc being constructed and the defenses at
Ivan-gorvelare arc being armed witl
heavy guns. Cracow papers 'report Hub
the Russians arc Sen erecting a bridge at anil thn
junction of the with the Vistula,
are forming there also a cavalry camp.
They also report that 4,000 ambulancii
beds were distributed along the station! - *
on the Vistula line. Another division of
cavalry has left Hischenefl and a division
of divisious grenadiers bound has gone for from Poland. Riga. Both
are The total
force of Russians in the Warsaw, Wilna
and Ivieif districts according to a mill*
tary estimate, reaches 325,000 men, with
730 guns.
EDITORS PUNISHED.
Timothy Harrington, M, P., was
plsiced on trial at Tralee, Ireland, on the
charge of publishing in the Kerry Senti¬
nel reports of meetings of suppressed His
branches of the National League.
brother, Edward, who was convicted and
sentenced to a month’s imprisonment on
a similar charge, was called as a witness,
and he testified that his brother had no
share in the management of profits of the
Sentinel and was entirely published ignorant therein. of the
alleged illegal matter found guilty and
Mr. Harrington was imprisonment.
sentenced to six weeks’
Mr. Corcoran, publisher of the Cork Ex¬
aminer, was tried and sentenced to two
months’ imprisonment without hard la-'
bor for publishing reports of meetings of
suppressed branches of the League.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
facts and fancies about
MEN AND THINGS.
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What Our National Law .linkers noing !
—Departmental ttOssVp—Movement* ot
President and >Irs. Cleveland.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate the Blair educational
bill was taken up as unfinished business.
Mr. Vest opposed the bill upon con¬
stitutional grounds. If he were called
upon to frame a title for it, he would
call it “an act to erect a monument to
the memory of Alexander Hamilton and
to encourage mendicancy in the Southern
states.” When Mr. Vest concluded, Mr.
Wilson, of Maryland) obtained the floor.
appropriating The Senate took up and passed the bill
$1,000,000 for a govern¬
of ment building at Milwaukee. A presented number
memorials and petitions were
and bills introduced. A bill was intro
dueed by Mr. Pugh, (by request) to es¬
tablish a court of appeals. By Mr. Ran¬
som, tion of appropriating $500,000 for the erec¬
He made a lighthouse brief on Diamond shoals.
sideration a and appeal for of prompt eon bill,
passage the
stating miles that the location was ten or fifteen
from the point of Cape Hattcra?
where the existing lighthouse stands; and
there would be but few better or more
glorious days in human history than the
tile day when the dark horrors of Hat-*
teras illumination should be overcome by the
of human science;
A bill introduced by Senator Sherman
to funds provide for the ihvbstment tif certain
in the treasury, directs the secre¬
tary of the treasury from time to time to
invest not exceeding eighty per cent of
the funds in the treasury for the redemp¬
tion of notes of national banks failed “in
liquidation,” and “reducing circulation,”
by purchase in the open market of any
bonds of the United States bearing inter
est. Bills were introduced by Senator
buildings Riddleberger for the erection Va., of public $75,
at Staunton, to cost
000, and at Roanoke, Va., to cost $100.
ooo. After an executive session of half
an hour, the Senate adjourned. Among
the nominations sent to the Senate by the
President, Bedding, were the following Baniesville, : John F.
to be postmaster at
Ga., and John F. KlddO) at Cuthbeft, Ga.
Under the call Of states, bills were in¬
troduced in the House and referred: By
compensation Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, to increase the
of fourth class postmasters.
By Mr. Oates, of Alabama, for the for
Mobile teiture of Girard certain Railroad lands granted to also, the
& l onipauy j
to define and pttnisli the offense of burn¬
ing of woods, grass and forests on lands,
belonging to the United States; also, a
resolution directing the committee legislation on is
judiciary to report what
necessary to limit and restrict the number
of United foreigners annually emigrating better to the
States, and to secure pro¬
tection of the people of this country
against evils arising from indiscriminate
ml mission to domicile g id citizenship of
paupers, outlaws and urbulent persons
irora other countries. By Mr. Blount, of
Georgia, to circulars prohibit containing the mailing lottery of news¬ ad¬
papers or
vertisements. By Mr. Dunn, of Arkan¬
sas, a free ship bill. By Mr. McCreary bonds
of Kentucky—For the purchase of
for cancellation with the treasury surplus.
By Mr. Faulkner, of Kentucky—Repeal¬
ing the civil service law. By Mr. Cuteh
eon, of Michigan—To reform the civil
service by the organization of the Mr. bu¬
reau of civil appointment. By
Barnes of the Georgia—Appropriating improvement the $250,
000 for of Savan¬
nah river between Savannah and Augusta;
also for a United States court at Augusta.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate by the President were the follow¬
ing postmasters: Robert M. Gardner,
Christiansburg, Va.; C. L. Jack, Fer
nandina, Fla.; Wm. T. Broyles, Dayton,
Tenn. Memorials were presented by Mr.
Blair in favor of a national prohibitory
constitutional amendment. One by Mr.
Hoar against the admission of Ltah as a
state so long as its local power is in the
hands of in the Mormon of priesthood. Blair educational Also,
several favor the
bill. A bill was introduced by Mr. Hoar
to national provide capital for a in world’s exposition and thereafter at the of
1892,
a permanent exposition of three Americas
in honor of a four hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of America. Referred
to the select committee on the centennial
celebration. Mr. Mitchell then called up
the joint resolution introduced bv him on
necemoer irrn, Tonne appointment of a
commission to select a site for a naval
station on the Pacific coast, and addressed
the Senate in advocacy of it. Mr. Dolph
also spoke in favor of the same resolu
tion. The Senate then, at 2.35, took up
the Blair educational bill as unfinished
business. The report (unanimous, of the
committee on education and labor was
then read, after which Mr. Blair said that
as the bill had been loDg before the
country, and had twice passed the Senate,
the friends of the measure thought it
proper toil. to yield the floor to those opposed He
Mr. Reagan opposed the the bill.
argued in in detail need that Federal Southern aid states the
were not of for
support of their common schools, and
showed that in the state of Texas the
school fund for this vear was $3,100,000.
Mr. Vest obtained the floor, but yielded
to Mr. Plumb, who offered an amend
ment to the second section distributed providing
that the money shall be
among the several states and terri
tories in proportion to their popula
tion, according to the census of 1880. in
The following bills were introduced
thf , HouS( , anfl n . f , rr( . ( ] B y Mr. E. B.
Tavlor, of Ohio, for the preservation do of
the woods and forests of the national
main adjacent to source# of navigab’c
rivers: also to restore the rate of dm v on
tmportea wool. i:sy Mr. Stewart, of
take (ieofgk, liens authorizing real estate national for banks loans to of
on
money. Bv Mr. marine Collins, of Massachusetts, board
to establish a signal of the
United States with a view to the adop¬
tion of the code anti system of marine
and fog signals; also for the prevention
of cruelty to animals. The Speaker then
announced the committees.
Mr. Plumb suggested the inquiry wheth¬
er the object in giving the the list Senators was an
apprehension that any of
who had voted for the bill might get
away. Mr. Blair read letters from edu¬
cational authorities in Texas complaining
of a want ot tunas there and urging tlie
passage of the bill. The Senate then
proceeded tive business. to the At consideration 5; 10, the doors of execu¬
were
reopened and the Senate adjourned,
GOSSIP.
Ptesident and Mis. Cleveland have
been formally tie Sub-TrOpicM invited to attend Exposition the open¬ at
ing of Fla.
Jacksonville,
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap¬
pointed John T. S. Hood to be storekeeper
aud guager at Collettsvilk*. N. 0., and
James C. Parleir to lie storekeeper and
guager at Moravian Falls, N. C.
Sherhune G. Hopkins, the young news¬ sent
paper reporter, who some weeks ago
it sham infernal machine to Chief Justice
Waite, for the purpose of creating a sen¬ in
sation mid selling news, the charge plead of guilty attempt
flic police court to
ing fit obtain money upon false pretenses,
and was fined $100.
The Coreafl eirfbaOsy arrived in Wash
ingtoit and ate quartered at a hotel,
where they will remain tfntil ft residence
for their accommodation has been se¬
cured. ()f. Allen, foreign secretary of
the embassy, said that a very friendly
feeling towards America bad grown up
in Corea. China, he said, was bitterly
opposed to Corea’s establishing legations
abroad, amt did not like the progress
Corea was making in civilization, nor the
Independent stand she had taken toward
the Celestial Empire,
The first of the annual series given of presi¬
dential state dinners was at the
White House to members of the cabinet,
Tlie public with palms, parlors potted were handsomely plants, and deco¬ cut
rated
flowers, while festoons of smilax WTIT
entwined around the chandeliers, Al!
the lower part of the house was brilliantly
'lighted. The dinner table was adorned
with a floral centre piece consisting of a
bank of ted roses three feet or more in
length, and a tower of roses standing at
cat ■h eiul, while the whole was set oil hr
massive shining candelabra.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
staKinuidn iflc Itule nil Thrnugli (lie
Territory of P»nrt»Jlvnnla’» Coni I'IoIiIh.
A conference was held In Jersey City,
N T . J., between the representative-* of the
various trades involved in the Reading
strike, and it was decided that the men
be ordered out of the Wyoming mines.
This action, it was said, anthracite would practi¬ coal'
cally work in the _
region. stop A prominent member of the’
district assembly 49 said the same day I hat
the Knights had fully made up their
minds to fight this strike to the bitter end,
and would make no attempt how to the se¬
cure arbitration. The closing of added,
Wyoming mines would result, he
in thousands of men being thrown
out of work from want of fuel to
run factories and mills, At the car
shops in Reading, Pa., the hooks show
that the number of coal can"
in active service on the road is about 40,
000. Nearly all those are regions. now lying Sham- idle
on the sidings in the coal
okin appears to be the hotbed of the
present strike, and where most feeling is*
shown against the non-union men
A meeting of the Central Labor Union
was held in New York, at which Bernard
Davis presided. The ronl boatmen an¬
nounce that they are about to distribute'
their union card among coal dealers em¬
ploying none hut union men, and they'
asked that all organized workmen should
buy their coal only displayed from such in dealers their hav-, of¬
ing a union card
fices. Upon motion of the representative
of the mixed trade section, resolutions
were adopted denouncing the Heading:
Railroad company for causing which the great,
strike of the coal miners, by the
welfare of the entire population price has coal been in
affected, in raising the of
such a season as this. The furnaces of.
the Pottsville Iron and Steel company,
three in number, will lie compelled of coal. to
suspend work at once for want
The rolling mills of the same company
have sufficient coal in stock to last for
some time; should coal become exhausted
before additional supplies can be obtained,
bituminous coal will be substituted. Not¬
withstanding the claim that there i • no
interruption of traffic on the Heading
Railroad, in consequence of the strike,
reliable reports from Tremont, Tower
City, and other point-- say that no freight
trains have reached The re, and merchants
ore making serious,rtgttplaint, ■/
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J. ('. Hamilton, marshal, of Tennillc.
Ga., caught Cordy Harris, a negro, in the
art of placing an rrqti rail across the
track, at the 188 mile post, op the £Vn
tral Railroad in West Gift. about The up Hig'ht min¬
fr.ight, No. I<15. passed removed, ten <1
utes after the rail was a* was
^oiDg at a fearfully rapid rate, Had it
struck the rail the w hole train, no doubt,
would have b*en wri cked. The case
was worked up by a colored detective.
Robert Iri-ine. and the proof against
Harri-* is positive. This is the second
attempt at wrecking the train at this
place, besides several instances of trains
being rocked while passing ih" * lit.
Ha.ris is a man about 40 rears old. and
has long borne a shady reputation in the
NO. 46.
SOUTHLAND D0TT1NGS.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FOE
busy people.
The Social. RciitflniiM nnd Teinpei'unce
World—Projected Enterprises-Mar
rinKPN. Fires. Wenllis. Kfc.
The court house at Louisa Court House,
Va., and abcaii 20 houses, were recently
destroyed by fire,
Samuel Behr, aged 37, a merchant oi
Montgomery, Ala., committed suicide in
his s tore by cutting his throat.
Atlanta’s flew morning daily prohibition¬ is getting
licked into shape. Leading stock.
ists are freely subscribing to the
Mr. Joseph C. Jepson, died a prominent recently.
citizen of Columbus, Ga.,
He was 65 years old, and one of the first
settlers of Columbus.
Under an ordinance adopted by the
City Council of Atlanta, Ga., any man
arrested twice for being drunk is ‘‘black¬
listed it; will cost a dealer $500 if liquoi
is sold to him.
Ben Burton, a fireman, of Atlanta, Ga.,
has been arrested charged with having
wives in Homer, Ga., Easley. 8. C., An
dersou county, 8. C., and Atlanta. He
is only 22 years of age.
Three of the notorious Reeves gang at
Glasgow, Ky., received sentences aggre
gating thirty-one years imprisonment and burning
each, for various burglaries Tompkinsville, Ky.
the court house at
Lafayette Carrington, an aged and
highly esteemed citizen of Mil ledge ville,
Ga,, recently died, lie was for many
years clerk of the House of Representa¬
tives, and filled that position with honor,
Benjamin Burton, a young member oi
the Atlanta, Ga., tire department, wnsar four
rested, charged with having married
young ladies, and was held to bail. A
fifth one appeared skipped his on bail. the scene, aud
then Burton
Dr. James,). Waring, a prominent
physician aud citizen, Savannah. Ga.,
is dead. He had been in poor health foi
a year, but the immediate cause of his
death was a congestive chill. Dr. War
ing leaves a large estate.
Over 500 cx-Confederates have received
pensions under the wounded soldier act
of Georgia. Two of these men, who lost
both eyes in the service, and five who lost
one eye, were pensioned. The formei
will receive $100 a year, the latter $15 a
year each.
At the annual camp tire of the local
Grand Army post at Jacksonville. Fla.,
Maj, Gen. Schofield, United States speech army,
made a patriotic and fraternal to
the assembled Federal and Confederate
veterans, and had a dramatic meeting
with Gen. W. 8. Walker, of tlie Confed
m ate army, who was in the Mexican win
with Gen, Schofield.
The dwelling house of Plunk Mayo, i*
well known drayman of Augusta, Ga.,
who runs a dozen drays, was destroyed
by fire. Ilis loss will reach about $1,000.
He seems ill-fated, for not more than a
week before, his large stables were de¬
stroyed in the same manner. He is, how¬
ever, a plucky fellow, and is certain tc
succeed in the end.
A large and enthusiastic meetingol the
leading colored citizens was held in Au
gusto, Ga., for the purpose of devising
means for the completion of arrangement*
for the colored department of the Augus
ta National Exposition. Upwards of $40(l
was subscribed, making a total ot $1,000
so far subscribed by colored people.
Rev. J. S. Johnson was consecrated at
Trinity church, in Mobile, Ala., as Mis¬
sionary Bishop of Western Texas, Bishop
Wilmer was chief eonscerator, assisted by
Bishops Harris of Michigan,and others Dudley,
of Kentucky. Among present and
were Bishops Galleher, of Louisiana,
Thompson, of Mississippi, with eight
other clergymen.
Mr. Holmes, the transfer mail agent at
the union depot in Birmingham, Ala.,
was robbed of 19 registered packages
while: lie was asleep on a truck in the ckj
shed. Postmaster Inspector Williamson
arrested Thomas W. Peteet, a young man
who has been living by his wits some
time. Peteet was intimate with Holmes
and was seen about the depot on the night
of the robbery.
The Southern Hotel, at Sherman,
Texas, and two private residences wen;
destroyed by fire. The following pe rsons of
were injured: A. A. heard, proprietor face,
the hotel, badly burned about, the
arms and body, Lee Rollins, badly
burned and bruised; Mrs. I.eard, severely
injured riy pimping from the second story
balcony; Lou Lowe, a fireman, bruised: jumped
from the second story, cut and
Al Meredith, a fireman, hands, arms, face
and head badly burned.
A. PATHIARUH CIONE.
The funeral of James Noble, Sr., took
place at Anpiston, Ala., from Grace
Church, attended by a large concourse of
sorrowing friends, There were near one
hundred of his direct descendants pres
cut. AI1 the pa 11-bearers were young
men grandsons of the deceased. Work
b s been suspended at most of the facto
r jes tlie death, and all of the opei
at ires attended the funeral.
srornsn OTUT
Trouble has occurred among the crofters
of Ab'iash district in Vineshi. Invernes
shire, Scotland. Landed crofters-to the
number of 1.900 drove sheep off their
farms. and offered determined resistance
to the police. Troops were sent to the
scene, Numbers were wounded on rwrtfi
sides. Many of the crofters were
rcfite.fl.