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Juonalcapi tal FRO* day to day BRIEF!** OCEEDCJO 8 under __BI!l* a AND measures TO!® CONSIDERATION—OTHER notes. the house. —un ■« ^■S'crf^oiirYoWaspen- T ,.; Shively moved CD *-i to so.peod l.» rules d ?!’ to “ r pass Jr th?’tin plate nd which bill Mr. was )ilZel \ seC o refus rdered-lS* 0 the republicans f breaking a t0 Lu b bope debate, 0 which rg ««“ — .Y houris pveent ,„nruni. flowed, devoid of f 1Dter • fQ , ^;. oef £ fhen was r Mr. McMiUm, in su PP° » _ T referred to the ocCun h , e a Q ^® d £ tead. These occurrences, instead of > the present tariff the wages of tabor, as ggd n<r by the republican., laimed Did any T) a lzell S heffl Pennsylvania, . mos P if ,| McMillm again declared that the . e d it. supple- r, reatleman did n sr“ d the ..... f e rentleman substan ro me atofprnpnt and Prick to 1a ’ d dded that it was g? wb o j d tknow wha ^ talking about. w undertook to fhLse b b that the nothin^ unfortunate do with affair the at : rend had to question Mr. McMillin retorted a ges huu fulfilled rm 7 as iublican^ «hown and the re “as were sensitive when the failure “ commented Pennsylvania upon. desired If the gentleman maintain to 5 hftithe Dromise had been fulfilled, why Z he not got up and done so when he an opportunity to talk? Dr. Dalzell enlied that he had not done so because he md believed that there was not a man so nean as to gloat 0 over the dying men at Homestead. McMillin retorted that any tan who accused another of gloating ver the affair at Homestead could be truthfully accused of falsehood. This dialogue did not last over half a minute, but it was half a minute of a good deal of Em excitement, and at its conclusion the Ls plate bill was passed—yeas, Michigan, 207; 5G. Mr. Whiting, of Loved L to suspend the rules and pass tho a aud ore bill. After all re ■ources Kmtedby for delay had been ex the republicians, under the lead of Messrs. Burrows and Reed, the ■motion Las to suspend rules and pass the bill feted agreed to—yeas, 165; nays, 62. Mf. Lotion immediately rose to his feet with a 10 adjourn, but the speaker rec wgnizsd Mr. Whiting for amotion to sus toend the rules and pass the bill limiting To $100 the value of wearing apparel vfh'ch may be admitted free of duty. The peaker then recognized Mr. Reed to jovean adjournment. Lost—veas 20; .nays, [the 181, and the motion to suspend fwithout rules and pass the bill Was agreed to [piaure. a division, amid general ap In the meantime the hour of 5 o’clock had arrived and [the point was raised on the re ‘publicau side that under the rules the speaker must declare the usual Friday re cess until 8 o’clock p. m. The speakor said that the house had adopted an or der substituting today as suspension day instead of Monday, July 4th, and he did not think it within his power to declare recess. However, he submitted the aestion to a vote of the house. The Souse decided, by a laTge majority, that he should not and motions to suspend the rules and pass bills continued, Other bills passed were: The railroad land grant forfeiture, and the bill grant ins the Territory of Utah self-<revern ment. ° the Saturday.—O n motion of Mr. Blouut its house, on Saturday, further insisted ■on meats disagreement to the senate amend to the diplomatic and consular ap ptopriation bill, and another conference was ordered. Mr. Bland, from the com mittee on coinage, weights and measures, reported the Stewart free silver bill placed upon the calendar. Mr. Tracey xsked leave that the minority committee ue permitted to have its views d .- ted, o the majority and the views of the minority oe printed • together. To the atter part of the request Mr. result “land’objected, in fearing that it might U £ ^ h delay of action on the mea e ' Was A> s intention, he said, to * nke the . hi earliest opportunity to have the considered. He had no objection to J e minority filing its views at any time, °Qsent was therefore given to the mi a ° T -ty to file its views. Mr. Herbert Presented the conference report on the a &val appropriation bills. Monday.— In the house, Monday, on lotion of Mr. Bullock,' of Florida, -a ^ an Was act passed for the extending immediate the provisions bon ofdutiable transporta jmndina. Fl goods to the port of Fer Herbert, a . The .speaker appointed Lawson of Virginia, and Dolli er as conferees on thp %avsl appropria J®"* ‘ erence biil - Mr. Wheeler military nubimtted academy a a appropriation report on bill. On motion of Mr. New York, a bill was passed ^ PPropnating of $250,000 for the publica inI the eleventh census. C T AY '-° a raotlon f)f Mr. Catch -=■' the committee on rules, a r avf y >J he was adopted setting apart QD cofisideration of bills called 6 com ^ttee on the election of a eQt ’ vice P res ident and membsrs of eono ■ r On motion .ho ot Mr. Smut, senate bill was passed granting to tbe Mexican, Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound railroad the right of way through the public lands in Florida, Alabama, Mis¬ sissippi and Tennessee. Mr. Dockery submitted the District of Colum¬ bia appropriation bill. The re¬ port as agreed to appropriates $90,000 to meet the expenses of the G. A. R. encampment in Washington, the ap¬ propriation to the be paid entirely of' out of the revenues of D'strict Columbia. The report was agreed to, yeas 150, nay9 77. Mr. Chapman, in demanding the regular order, called up under the direction of the committee on t^e elec¬ tion of president, etc., a joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment for the election of senators by a popular vote. Wednesday. —It was just noon when General Catchings, from the committee on rules, called up the resolutions in the house providing for the consideration of the silver bill. The galleries were crowd ed, and of the 330 living members of the house. 294 were present and voted. Be fore General Catchings had time to say anything in explanation, ex-Speaker Reed cried out the motion to (able the ri solution, but tbe speaker ruled that Genera[ Catchings wa8 entitled to the »” d m hour’s debaters in gave notice that he would move to amend the resolution from the comnrittee ou rules to close debate and provide fora d j rec t vote on the passage of the bill !at 2 o’clock. Mr, Clarke, of Alabama, read a little speech he had prepared in ad m free coinage, but nothing couldbew complished by the passage of this bill now He would therefore vote against’ two ot ber converts to the side of the antis, made similar speeches. Then Tom Reed came with one of his characteristic speeches, deluging the democrats with Irony. He was opposed to the resolution claimed the credit for tbe republicans for making the fight for honest money. Reed was followed by Judge Culberson, of Texas, who declared that free coinage was the great question of the day. It was a contest between the moneyed in— terests and the people. His speech was greatly applauded. Mr. Pierce, of Ten nessee, followed in a severe criticism of bis colleague, Colonel Patterson, for de sertiDg the cause of free coinage, and expressed the opinion that his constit uents might be able to find a free coinage man to represent tnem next time This ended the hour of debate. General Catchings then called for the previous question on the_ resolution. Mr. Bland announced that if it was voted down the resolution could be amended so as to provide for a vote on the bill proper at 2 o clock | Thursday, and that under the amendment he woul offer no filibustering would be in order. Thus, it was for the free silver men to defeat the motion for the previous^ques tion. As the roll call coinmencea, the excitement was intense, but it had not progressed very long before the tree coinage leaders realized they were vvmp P e( L Some of the opposition were against it on the ground that they were opposed to the adoption of an order torc luff the house to vote on a measure at a specified time, or in the term of the day opposed to “cloture.” Others because they wanted to defeat the bill. The pre vious vote was ordered, the vote standing 163 to 129. Then tbe question came to the adoption of the resolution providing for the consideration of the Stewart bill. This was the question to settle the contest. All realized that its adoption meant the pass age of the bill, or its defeat,the death of all chances of free coinage for this session, While the democratic anti silver men felt that they had the fight whipped, still : they were nervous. The silver men had but little hope of success, but were working and bolding all their men in the intensely warm hall. The roll cal1 veb'ped the fact that about one hundred democrats voted with the republicans, voted ; while less than a dozen republicans resolution for free coinage. The was defeated by eighteen majority, and although Speaker Crisp again voted wl th the free coinage people, the vote stood 136 to 154 against the resolutions. Thus ended the contest. Silver was defeated, and the house proceeded to the cansider atjon of other business, the majority of the members retiring—some in disgust, others in high glee. the senate. Friday. —In the senate Friday, Mr. j Hill introduced a bill changing the date ! for the dedication of buildings of tbe ! world’s Columbian exposition from the 12th to the 21st of October, 1892, and after a statement by him as to the reasons for the bill, and one from Mr. Cullom assenting to it, the bill was discussion passed. Mr. of Quay said that, in the Thursday on the troubles at Homestead, j Pa., severe reflections bad been made on i the Carnegie Iron and Steel Compa nv. He held in his hand a communication from Mr. Frick, mana I £er of-the Carnegie wgtRs, w ic should thought, be in printed fairness m The to ^the Record, company, and he asked that consent be piven to have it so printed. Mr. Peffer objected, and Mr Quay sent to the clerk s desk and had read the Associated Pre=s interview-with Mr. Frick. By this means 1 part of the proceedings of the senate and was entitled to publication in Th ® Rec ord. Mr. Quay said, however that he ! would telegraph for a statement ou the ! pare of tire workingUKon ln counteract the effect ofFnck a statement Mr. Peffer sen o . lb ii hed in had Friday read morning a communication *r^nlThe ,v, riTe Tf ^ j of F. % ‘ “ lahor -• ' = Si f | . '1 tnX . es -n. ordered on the diplomatic md consular bill. Consideration of the sundry cm I bili was resumed. Monday —Mr. Butler, according to notice heretofore given, moved that the ser.ate take up the bill to transfer the revenue marine service to the navy de¬ partment. The bill was laid before the senate by yeas 35, nays 24. Mr. Allison moved that the bill be laid aside and con¬ sideration of the sundry civil appropria¬ tion bill be resumed. After discussion the bill was laid aside informally. Tuesday.—I n the senate, Mr. Palmer sent to the clerk’s desk and had read a communication leceived by him from the director of the mint in response to ques¬ tions submitted by him in regard t«Jhe amount of silver in the treasury. «r. Morgan objected to the printing of the correspondence in the Record. It was, he said, an argument on the silver ques¬ tion concerted between the senator from Illinois and the secretsry of the treasury —an unfair argument, and he did not wish it to go to the country without an explanation. After further remarks Mr. Allison objected to the discussion and the matter weDt over. Mr. bherman offered a resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for a statement, of several, shipments of rum from Boston to Africa-with the names of the consignors—during the fiscal year ending June 30, 189-. Objection Hawley was made by Messrs. Chandler and to confining the inquiry to Boston, and the resolution was changed so as to and, app y to all ports of the United States, so modified, was agreed to. Mr. Dolpb, from the committee on foreign relations repore a u amen a ory 0 £ 55 Mr«?‘ credible white witness,” and to insert m lieu thereof the words “one credi . yzstsnsii . ., . Sr ^ • „„„ Tw™ „„„„„„ „ protested against the proposed amend ment as contrary to the spirit of the a " e * The original bill, he said, wa^ barbarious in itself; but the propose amend ment was adding to its barbarism, Mr. Allison, seeing that the lull-was going to lead to a debate objectedd to question jeing t e Quay . . quiring the Co urn an Chicago, to be closea on Sunday. Debate Debate the was turnpoi anly interrupted to allow presentation o Columbia ie on bill, d , ., w the District of Mr. WaabJa naoved that ihe anti-op tion bill should take the P ace o t e silk culture bill as “unfinished business.” A vote was taken, and resulted: Yeas, 33-, nays, 15. Afterward Hawley, who was recorded as voting “nay,” said that he had voted, or had tended to vote, “yea.” So the a option bill was taken up, and became “unfinished business,” to be taken up each day at 2 o’clock. It was, however, immediately laid aside on motioa of Mr. Allison, and consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was proceeded amend with. TheQuy Sunday closing ment was discussed until after 5 o’clock, Unanimous consent was then given exposi have debate Wednesday on the tion section continue under the minute rule. Wednesday —Immediately after reading of the journal in the senate, without any morning business, the dry civil appropriation bill was taken up, the pending question being Mr, Sunday closing amendment to the tion providing for the issue of 10,000,000 souvenir half dollars in aid of the Colum¬ bian exposition, speeches to be to five minutes. The amendment then agreed to without division. Mr. Peffer offered an amendment to add to the section a provision prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on the sition gound, except for medical, mechanical or scientific purposes. a brief debate this amendment also agreed to—yeas, 28; nays, 26. Mr. Allison moved an was agreed to—limiting gross services, tures tor medals, clerical etc., to $500,000. The exposition amendment was agreed to. This action, however, was in the committee of the whole, and will be subject to change when the bill is reported back to the senate. There will certainly be an effort to defeat, least, Mr. Peffer’s amendment. The only other question that provoked much dis¬ cussion on the sundry civil regard appropriation bill was an amendment in to a for the government printing office in Washington. Discussion upon it was not half concluded when the senate adjourn¬ ed, but there was a unanimous consent given that after 3 o’clock Thursday all debate on the bill and amendments be conducted under the five-minutes rule. NOTES. The house committee to investigate Pinkertons, left Washington for Monday night. Oate9, Bynum and ner are the democratic members of committee. Taylor and Broderick republicans. Before congress adjourns the advocates and opponents of the subtreasury bill have an opportunity to give full vent their views on this question. In order satisfy the demand of the farmers of country the committee on ways and means will perhaps report the bill to the house adversely within a few days. A given for its discussion _ day will then be and the opponents of the measure will have full opportunity to express views - The English Elections. A cable dispatch from London, says: At 2 o’clock Monday afternoon the total returns received showed, the election 194 conservatives, 163 liberals, 2< liberal unionists. 27 anti Parnellites, 5 aad 4 Parne lites. THE SOUTH IN BRIEF T&* Rets of Her Progress Portrayei in Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OP HAPPEN¬ INGS OP GENERAL INTEREST PROM DAY TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS. A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says: In the circuit court of the United iStates Tuesday, before Judae Bruc ■, H. M. Co¬ mer Central was appointed sole receiver of the Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, at the suit of the Central Railroad vs. the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York. A fierce fire raged in Louisville, Ky., for several hours Sunday morning in the tannery of Wedding & Bros., involving a l° ss of $200,000. Three men fell Irom the fourth story window, overcome by heat and smoke, just as a rescue was at hand, and were seriously injured. Fifty thousand dollars was the insurance 0 n account of Georgia having one " f more reprcsentative in c sil ce the state has been redistricted, Georgia will g(t more money fof ber 8oldiora thig year f r0 m the general government than ever before . Governor Northen, on Monday, receive(i a c ; rcular from the war depart meat eive saying that Georgia would this year reC $11,331.07 instead of $11,057.16 wbich she rece i ve d i a3t yea r A Bimingham> Ala<> dispatch of Mon . day says: The present '»'■»-»?»*>•*. flood in the Big “ “Se'dtSe'ns . ,, , ° have called Governor ~ Jones T for , aid ., on « “c h ira ifiTc^mLToUrs’^ourts ,o r ,ke h ? p e d * Q f in ^ sey ral C()unties to acfc in such cmer .. gencu-s, but offers to issue a general pro clamation calling on the people of the whole state. He declines to call on con g * ress _ The monthly Cfop report of North from nearly one thousand three hundred correspondents, J and shows the percentage ow" of coudition / to be foll : Wheat 99 _ 0;Us 95 corn 99> cottoa 8i> Irish potatoes P 103, peanuts 85, tobacco 8w eet potatoes SO rghum We 01. li- rye 93 ' grapes 90, bay 94. is App rr } es 55 - peaches 1 52,* ’ and that on stock shows cattle to be 95, sheep 91, swine 100, horses and mules 97. The condition and supply of labor is put down as 88. Suit has been filed , at West . Point, 1 Miss, .... against the Georgia Pacific division of the Richmond and Danville for $i5 000 for being taxes for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889 The petition ask & for taxes for the state of Mississippi an pj for the counties of Lowndes Clay, Webster, Montgomery Oktibbeha, Carro l Leflore, Sunflower, Washington and Tallehatchie, the total amount being $75,560, 1800 1891 and 1892 When the road was first, proposed all the counties subscribed sums ranging from $30,000 to $150,000.with the understanding operation that the commenced. road mould It pay taxes when is understood that the road will deny this and claim that it was to be exempt from taxes for a csrtain number of years. THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. Devastation and Distress on All —Fearful Losses. Dispatches of Wednesday from West Point, Miss., bring terrible news of the devastation wrought in the overflowed districts. The Tom Bigbee has left its bauks and the country is flooded, des¬ troying thousands of acres of fine cot¬ ton and corn and sweeping away all bridges erected sinCi the April floods. Nearly all the cotton in that section is a total loss. The damage will not fall short of four hundred thousand dollars. Hundreds of families are on the verge of starvation and appeals for help are being has sent out hourly. An urgent appeal of come from Waverly where 4,000 acres crops are under water, houses washed away and the negroes starving Clay county will suffer almost a a total lOM Ot crops this year. In Nobubee county the crops were finer than known in years, but the destruction there is almost tota . Between Brooksville and Scooba, seventy five miles, and for miles on each side of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, cotton is entirely drowned out and only tbe tops of the corn can be seen. Appeals for help from the starving people satisfied. come in and the demand canuot be That part of the country never has known such des'ruction and want as now prevail and is growing worse instead of better. Help must soon be asked from the outside world. _____ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN greeted as the Place to Notify Cleve land and Stevenson. ^ ne .. u "," r ,r rt.'o rowntion ” comm: . ct-e 11 1 to receive the Doti ttee of the . , a hcation comm ^ onal C “ ^Idnesday y 1 with the subcom - committee , , ‘ m.Hfieatinn jtl memV of , t:he , notfficati . jfi ,- comm I he *rs ™ nly PP |J ! in ‘ b!ic n ^ jveQ place but heartily endorsed it. After the adjournment sibcommittee of the subcommitte the local held a meeting. It was onnouoced that they had secured tbe re usal of Madison Square garden in which to make the notification. It was decided to accept the garden and to hold the meeting at night. QUIET AT HOMESTEAD. Echoes from the Battle Field—No Far¬ ther Trouble Feared. Thursday’s dispatches from Homestead report that quiet pervades the place. The leaders in Wednesday fight are con¬ sidering what will be the next step. The men are bathing their wounds or making preparations the to bury their dead. Except for large crowds of sightseers the town would be more than normally still. The leaders of the men propose at once to have the fence on the Carnegie prop¬ erty rebuilt, and also to repair all other damage caused by the riot. This will be done so as to prevent any suits for dam¬ age from the company. The old guards were secured by the men and placed on duty to again look after the company’s interest. There is much surprise over the re¬ ported guards. release by When the sheriff the of agreed the Pink¬ erton men not to kill the guards it was with the under¬ standing that the guards should be placed murder in could jail until the informations against them. for be sworn out The report of their release excited much angry discussion at first, but this was quieted when it was remembered that if the men appeared as witnesses they would themselves be liable to prosecution for riot. Several of the leaders expressed relief over the release, and it is believed no legal complications will arise. REFAIRING THE DAMAGE DONE. The call of the sheriff for a posse was received here with good-natured derison. The men are confident that the sympathy of the citizens is evidently bo much with them that no good men would volunteer. As an evidence of their sincerity a com¬ mittee of three went through the works at an early hour Thursday morning coil¬ ed up ropes aud hose and took down all the barricades, and removed so far as possible all evidence of the conflict. The mill yard was absolutely deserted* when the Associated Press representative visited it. A few flattened bullets, a smouldering post on the river bank aud a barrow half full of bolts and broken pig iron, to have boen used in the cannon,' were the only vestiges of the combat. The barges of the Pinkerton men, after having been looted and set’ on fire, were shoved from tho river bauks and the charred hulks floated down the river, pursued only by camera fiends. The men are confident of their power, and while they are determined to pre¬ serve the peace, locally, they will brook no outside interference. They look upon the dead as a covenant obliging them to hold the Homestead mill for Homestead Twenty-seven of the Pinkerton’s were wounded and were sent to the West Pennsylvania hospital. They, one and all, refused to make any statement or to be interviewed. The course of Gover nor Pattison in declining to order the national guard to Homestead until Sheriff MeCleary had exhausted all the means in his power to preserve order, is generally commended. The prevailing opinion is that had the militia appeared on the scene the blood¬ shed would have been much greater. The advent of the armed and uniformed men of the state troops to guard the Carnegie works and to act as protectors of non¬ union men would have excited the strikers to all possible resist ance. These men at Homestead are so well organized, aro under such perfect control, and are so great in num¬ ber that a conflict between them and the militia might be long aud would certain¬ ly be a bloody one. Under these circum¬ stances the governor’s careful survey ot the state of affairs and his conservative call for unqualified approval from all sides. THE killed and injured. Tbe list of killed and injured is atlasft complete. Four were killed outright by the Pinkerton bullets and two others died injured, in the six evening. of whom Eleven die. were Twen¬ boflj^ may ty-five others were slightly injured. Three Pinkertons were kiUed. UNFORTUNATE ST. JOHNS. The Losses Estimated at Fifteen Mill¬ ion Dollars. Diapatc he8 of Tuesday from St. Johns, Newfoundland, state that every lawyer’s doctor , s resi( jence and office and ^ p ro testant clergyman’s residence was blirned and every daily newspaper and ey printing office destroyed and there , g nQ . pa per or ink remaining in the f or a single poster. Several house ' hive died since the fire in , es per80n8 ', CODS qu e CC e of fright and exposure. Most G f tbe people are now temporarily housed sbeds and tents, but provisions and c j otb j n „ ar e needed and relief should ta ke these forms. The insurance agents beld g meet j ng Tuesday. Their reports 8howed thatt he losses covered by insur ance placed in agencies there amounted to $4,250,000. The estimated total of looses is about fiftem mil ion do 1 r -. Nine are Dead, A Peoria, III., dispatch of Wednesday says: NeversincetheOha'sworthholo caust of four years ago has there been such excitement in Peoria and Pekin as OTe r the disastrous result of Tuesday night’s cyclone. The pleasure-wrecked steamer, Fr.nkie Folsom, is in sight not very ^ far from the shore, and nine persons ‘ ar known t0 be d ,. ad . 3ixt8en peraon s are yet to be beard from. There were nine smaller pleasure boats out on the river at the time the storm came up. Of these five turned u p safely. The French introduced a guillotine in Anuam, lighted the China, and the first execution de¬ natives. They consider the hor¬ rors of a criminal death lessened.