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VOL. XIII.
tbe fifty third corns 1
w m a* Senate m * 0*
10 m COglllai Dnnni'lP Qeorinii ijuu )lU!i.
. £„ mn iary of Routine Business in
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the . rr«„ I wo non Houses e .
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1 iAh r THE SENATt:.
Day.-— Under the agreement
1 -ached Saturday the house, Monday
■ immediately to
lorains consideration proceeded of the deft
the urgency
•ienev appropriation bill, three hours’
l bate bein'* allowed. The debate was
'lirecn-d “■[ to the pension and Mr. policy Baldwin of the ex
mini stration, buiitli
tolled the president, Secretary
•aidCommissioner Loohrew.
Iotb Day—I mmediately after the
reading of the journal in the senate,
Tuesday morning, a motion was made
by Mr. Mills to proceed to executive
business. He withdrew the motion,
however, at tho request of Mr. Berry,
who- desired to address the senate.
Thereupon, Mr. Hoar stated that he
had intended to make sonic remarks
on the president’s message in relation
to Hawaii; but he had been requested
by two senators, Berry' and Peffer
of Kansas, who wished to speak during
the morning, to withhold his remarks'
for the present. In view of the fact
that, after these two speeches held, were
made and an executive session
it would ho rather late in tbe day, he
gave notice that lie would not call up
The motion as to tlm president’s
message till Wednesday—although,
of course, any other senator
was at liberty to do so. A resolution
waft offered by Air. Frye, calling on tho
secretary of state for a statement of the
reasons for granting a foreign cable
company the right to land its cable
from Brazil on the shores of the
United States after (under tho state Blaine depart¬ and
ment having twice
foster) refused such permission on the
gronnd that the company was a mo
r.npoly and would not_ permit the
landing of a cable of a United States
company on the shores of Brazil. Mr.
Frye made a statement of the facts,
and was replied to by Mr. llimton,
who stated that; the secretary of state
had had nothing to do with the matter,
as the legislature of Virginia and South
Carolina had given the permission
asked for. He objected to the present
consideration of the resolution, and it
went over till Wednesday. 1 lie house
bill in repeal the federal election laws
was taken up, and Mr. Berry made a
speech in advocacy of it.
14th Day. In the senate, >\ cuue»
>ay morning, i Mr. Hoar present*, a
-awnster petition, wound around the
wheels of ft bicycle, and containing
the namfes of 150,000 signers m taxor
f good, common high roads. It was
referred to the committer-, on inter
state commerce. Mr. Hoar then took
tbo floor and addressed the senate o i
■ the Hawaiian question, calling np the
resolution laid over Horn Monday at
bis msn request tor the reference o
the president, s Hawaiian message U
de committee on foreign rela
Ho argued agains. the con
sfmntionality and legality ot the
powers entrusted In the president
to Commissioner Blount wring
the sessional the senate and without
the consent of that body. lie . led
appoihted^whihfcono'iress fon w/thout conlent ‘ wafta TeX
“ua he nor^miori of the senate,
fireshiefiUsMefeiuler^d'Xeept l h did anv of tl,e
possiblv
of foreign birth, not ^W^Uo have
much understandingeithcroi the spirit
** constitution of the United States,”
would hold the affirmative view, lie
conipMed the instructions hi Minister
Willis to those given by Dogoony to
ihe waten, and suggested that Thurston
aaJ gone back to Hawaii to m>use a
little of the spirit of John Duke ot Ar
gyle’s answer to Queen Caroline into
ihe reply of the Hawaiian government
to “his modern American majesty.’
the hoi
10th Day.—W hen the house met at
noon Friday less than one hundred
members wero present. Mr. Loud of
Itred a resolution, which was adopted,
setting apart Saturday, January 20,
1891, for memorial services in honor
of the late Senator. Leland Stanford,
-Vr. Breckinridge, from the commit
>ie ou appropriations, reported the
argency is intended deficiency hill. The measure
to provide for further nr
gem deficiencies in the appropriations
tor the fiscal year 1894, and carries an
appropriation of $1,651,890. Mr. Tara
offered a resolution calling upon
■he secretary of the treasury for in
’“relation as to the number of recip
roeal commercial treaties which had
ocen negotiated under the McKinley
a<;t an( l sought immediate considera
non for it, but objection was made
it was referred to the committee
• '.'Vy ailed 8 up aWl the means McGarrihan - H'- Pendleton bill and
ffioved that the house go into a com
^ittee of the whole for its considera
a division ■ F lllllluslerlI1 S was and renewed, the point end
of was demanded
no quorum raised by Mr. Sayler.
e ?f S WCre appointed and the vote
., ycas 169 s11 A quo
’ na J - ,‘
*nm having voted, Mt. McRae took
HALE’S WEEKLY.
Oxir Faitli: Pure Jeflersonian Democracy.
CONYERS, GA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER*20, 189**.
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the chair and the bill was read in full, j
11 th Day. —In the house, Saturday, ;
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, started a dis- t |
enssionon the urgent deficiency bill
TT£££%X?Zi
sion policy and declared, that the
eral order No 16i( had been
issued and cut off 400,000 pension
ers> wa8 kin to crime. Mr. Cannon
talked at length and was rather severe
in his criticism of the administration.
Then Mr "to Livineston ’President ofGeorsda took
the floor defend Cleve
lalK i an d Secretary Hoke Smith. He
read a list of the trials and convictions
0 f those who had fraudulentlv obtained
pensions and defended in every way to
the best of his ability, the policy of the
secretary of the interior. Though he
did not take occasion to express any
high personal regard for either Mr.
Cleveland or Air. Smith, he defended
their policies and declared that what
they had done was right. Owing to
the partisan discussion on the hill a
v ote was not reached.
12th Day —There was a very small
attendance of senators a* the open
jjig of Monday’s session. At 12:18
Mr. Prnden, one o) the president s
secretaries appeared and delivered
1 he long looked for message on
Hawaiian affairs. Mr. George was
sending up a petition in morning bnsi
ness, when Mr. Harris interposed and
said that the president’* message
ought to be laid before the senate. The
vice president was of the same opin- Hie
nui, and immediately laid before
senate the message, wlueli was, there
upon, read by tho secretary. Ihe
reading occupied aboiit forty minutes,
and was concluclea at 1 p. m. I lien
Mr. Chandler called for the reading of
the instruction* to Air. Willis. The
first of these instructions presented to
be read wore those of Air. Gresham to
Mr. Willis, dated October 18. They
are marked “confidential,” and state
that they arc “supplemental to tho
general instructions which he had re
ceivod in reference to his official
duties.” Before the clerk had
got any further, the reading was
interrupted by Mr. Butler, who
ob ject e d to the time of the senate
fieing wasted as the papers would ho
aU pP jiited immediately. Mr. Voor
j ie0h took the same view and argued
against file having garbled excerpts from
documents read. They should be
ftJ j read 0JL none _ M r . Harris said that
was the universal rule of the senate
|j, at messages from the president were
R i va y S r0 ad and that “accompanying
documents” were always referred to
comm jqt e „ with the message. Amo
t j ou bo pr j nb the message and accom
pa n yjjjg documents and refer them to
the committee on foreign relations was
ma de by Mr. Butler and quite an ani
• mated discussion ensued,
> }:; TI[ Day. —Immediately after the
| journal bad been read in the house
> Xiwsday morning, Mr. Cockran offer
G( \ his rcsolut-iSi for appointment of a
committee to investigate tho Hawaiian
qne8tioj|> 8 nd the privileges of the
bin ,se in such matters. .It was refer
to the committee on rules, despite
th(j offort „f Mr. Bontelje, to offer an
am endnjent. Then Mr. Bontello snb
m {pfc 0 d his resolution expressing
tJje 8ent j ment o{ the house as
advem to t j ie president’s Hawaii
on po]icy Ho arf?ued that it was
iu ofder a8 „ question of high
privileg£ ._ Mr. Bontello endeavor
<;(l f<J geenro immediate consider*
t£OU q y house for his condemns
resolution and speaking to the
of prdor made by Mr. McCreary,
attacked the
tlou a Hawaiian policy as calculated to
’
nker to oommiUoe on f rei , n
; ... j . , f Kontelle
‘ a'ecirion
{ tll0 and his
- ’
^ , tabled veas 155- d’em.vnd’- navs
The yeas and nays were
, !(1 md the roH celiod. .The appeal was
, ta bjed, yeas, 180; nays, 89.
14 th Day —After the reading of the
| . m( iu fbo j Mm( , Wednesday
j gj tlie reference of the pure
; fo(K j b introdnced Tuesday oeca
^ discussion, both the com
; mittee on inter-state and foreign com
j mereree and the committee on agricul
j litre claiming jurisdiction. Tbe bill
{ wft s read for information. A yea and
j na _ vote being demanded on its refer
‘ temporarily laid aside.
f> n ce> R, was
: \n order was adopted for printing
j t j l0 majority and and minority re
ports of the ways means com
mittee on the tariff bill. Tho
j | w ctum report on the little urgency
deficiency bill, coming over from the
i extraordinary session, was taken up,
| the point in controversy being the sen
a te amendment to pay senators’ clerks
an d certain per diem employes for ser
vices during the recess of the fifty-first
i congress. After discussing the report
! Mr. Combs moved that the house re
j f ro m its disagreement to the sen
|- ft t e amendment, allowing pay to
j ate employes *1891, during the congressional
recess of and agree to the same,
j The division resulted, yea 93, nays 92.
| The point and of no quorum ordered. was raised The vote and
. y cas nays The amend
i resulted yeas 141, nays 89.
( ^ent waft agreed to and the conference
> re j> 0 rt disposed of.
j _
j | ’ meenman Due
H _ sian - „ orra ac q Lmted’statei cotton worm
i have cost the the^Civil people of the
j th an War.
SOUTHERN uuu 1 U1UIU NEWS 1IU n u ITEMS. J l umu.
^ jjyjj} flgj- p^SS PrSS' i
per® m m i
Happenings . , of . T Interest . Port . cured in
Pithy Paragraphs.
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J , ohn , Ruben, H , L r mted ... Htates uttoi ..Horuov ney
J . 1 * middle district of Tmmemsee,
has resigned.
J- Al. Dailey, Jr., a prominent
Knoxville Tenn., groceryman, assign
ed Saturday for the benefit of creditors.
His liabilities are $8,000. The assets
are fully sufficient to cover the same.
Slow collections caused the embarrass
nient.
The negro exposition, was opened at
Augusta, Ga., Monday, with great cor
emony by the negroes of the city and
vicinity. Major J. H. Alexander,
of Augusta, delivered an address,
The speaker of the day was Rev. Tv.
B. Carter, colored, of Atlanta,
A Nashville special of Tuesday says:
\ Harris statement compiled by Comptroiler
shows that the state of Tennes
see 0 w 0S a bonded debt of $15,041,200
and the interest of this, with the inter
C st on certificates of indebtedness held
fiy charitable institutions, amount, to
$521,723 per annum,
The Bank of the Carolina* having
bl . anclies at the two points in North
Carolina, assigned Tuesday to Henry
Bnigt of Charleston. Inability to re
a jj ze 0I1 ass< q ;s . and the hard times are
tho callges An agent of the
creditors will be elected on the ,27th
instant. i .fy
The Howard trial was resumed at
Jackson Tenn. Monday morning. The
l ll ’°«'Cution resumed reading letters
lt °" t *>y William Lord Moore, E.
Ko HB > > r< ; IK fl jh Le S ftr au< | <r - l! - H <yw '
arJ , ’ which consumed the whole lore-
11,0 government closed at the
^tornoon session and the defense will
u<m present their side ot the ease.
The combination freight and passen
««r steamer Lncile Borden, ot the
Three Rivers Packet company, which
plies the Tennessee river between
Knoxvillo and Chattanooga, w«s par
tially consumed by tire u few mile* bri
low tho former city Monday. Nib pas
wingers were injured and all tho
freight was saved. The steamer man
aged to get to the wharf and will he
iaul off several weeks for repairs.
The Southern Female university,
which was burned at Lakeview near
Birmingham, Ala., will be removed to
Anniston. A telegram from that place
signed by Manager Lamar, positively
so states. Birmingham cannot blame
tho management, for Anniston has
given them, free of rent for five years,
the beautiful Anniston inn,handsomely
furnished and ready for occupancy,
The school will be moved there, at
once.
a Saw Francisco dispatch of Sunday
mxn . Since the arrival of the cruiser
Olympia in port from her trial trip,
her officers have announced a conjee
tion in tho report telegraphed from
y all ta Barbara, giving her a voyage
speed of 21.65. It is now claimed that
the exact average over the course of
eighty-six knots was 22.58 knots per
hour,' or very .' close to twenty-six rail
roa ,i m ji es This time is subject to
correction plus or minus for tide al
lowances. i
^ lnani moth furnace in the west
0 f Bristol, Tenn., which was
constructed at a cost of about $300,
n0() a „ a lr)lich has stood idle since
lecrc ? n entered, m tin. Hustings
£?\ lrt 1 “ esd ® y f:! 11 * 10 tdlR * cffe ® t ’
It is understood that Mi. Noble, the
J” ion^ whid^S^il hH S imt
, onera
' a ^ vear rental for it
A Nashville special says:
len S th y negotiations winch several
limos 1111(1 apparently fallen through,
Comptroller Hams and Attorney
‘mneraJ Pickle have finally secured Ten- an
agreement ol settlement with the
nessee Coal, Coke and Railroad Com
P»ny that is satisfactory to the state
officials. The company, which leases
Ihe state penitentiary, haw fallen more
than a year behind in tho lease money,
nlll h considering claims and counter
f ’laims, growing out of the mining
troubles, about $175,000 was involved,
A Charleston special of Tuesday
says: 0. B. Swan, the dispensary con
stable who is to go to jail jmder the
orders of the United Stales supreme
court for interfering with goods in the
possession of the South Carolina rail
road, is still at liberty. The court
officials arc awaiting the arrival of the
official papers from Washington which
are expepted daily. Swan’s sentence
is to be imprisoned first until the liq
nor which he seized is returned to the
railroad company and then for three
months and then until the costs in the
case are paid.
The South Carolina general assembly
h RS adopted the following resolution,in
troduced by Mr. Roper, of Marlboro,
who is United States Senator Butler’s
secretary: Resolved, That it is the
sense of this general assembly that the
United States congress, now in ses
sion, ought to take decisive action at
once, providing for the ‘coinage of
«*«■« •*« « u
monc y lrietal) ana that tbe representa¬
tives in congress and senators from
^ ^vors toTeXfe teccurteucv
of the countrv to a bi-metallic stand¬
ard."
An unusual sensation developed at
Montgomery, Ala., Monday forenoon,
when it was authoritatively announced
that in the neighboring towu of Green
ville > thc oid 1mnk in " fi rm of J oseph
Steiner & Sons and , their . several , mer
chanfBae firms, known as Steiner Bros.
A Co., and ,T. M. Steiner & Go. had
made on assignment to E. R. Adams
and Bernard Steiner, of Greenville,
They have been doing business for
many years and their father, Joseph
Steiner, aceumulaten a little fortune,
He left his banking business in a most
excellent condition to his sons, his sue
eossors. It is Relieved their assets
will nearly three times cover their lia
bilities, which a re estimated to hoabout
-$150,0(10.
_ IdAUft TOPICS,
Dun & Co.’s Review «f 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 anny r 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 lias only
stimulated. Trade still waits as
much as it can, and yet the vol¬
ume of business on 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 OTer known—$11 for Bessemer
i X on and $16.75 for steel billets—and
takes away nearly all new work from
the east and west, where depression
inoreilBes .
Wheat reooipts ft t the west have
been $,291,872 bushels, against 5,548,
913 tho same week last year, and At
lantie exports only 696,704, against
1,879,378 last year, and stocks in
sight increased rapidly, but prices de
cliued 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, the price yielding A
cent.
Pork packing at. tlio 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 1,009,00(1 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 3-18 of a cent,
Failures are numerous and large;
839 in the United States for the week,
«sninst 279 last week, and 40 in Can
ada, against 25 last week, but a worse
feature is their importance. Tho list
ot [ the week deludes seven banks—
with one of the oldest, private banks—
for $500,000; an agricultural ma¬
chinery establishment for $1,000,000,
and an increase of stocks of $500,000;
a heavy tobacco dealer for $600,000; a
lumber concern for $150,000, and a dry
goods concern for $160,000—making
$2,500,000 for our failures. Estimated
liabilities of the firms failing in the
week °f T®
409 against $3,28,i> C7CI the prevloua
^ $1,700,000 of f manufacturing ’^ tl0,),0 . 00 £ of . con-
j PRENDERGAST WAS AGITATED
,
While I ho Story of His Terrible Crime
: ITils Being Told.
' A Chicago dispatch says: Assistant
! ! SUta Attorney opened the trial of
P^nderga*t Wednesday with an a>l
dress to the jury, in which he outlined
t he plan of the prosecution. Mr.
i Todd paid a tribute to Mayor Harri
i mn an( i referred to the similarity of
J Ui 8 assassination and that of Lincoln
and Garfield. Attorney Wade will
opeu the case for the defense.
; Mr. Todd said that the prisoner’s
actions at tbe time of the murder in
dicated that he was sane. The attor
ue y called particular attention to the
assasiin’s well developed sense of pres
ervation as evidence, by the way he
cared for his personal safety during
and after the shooting. As Mr. Todd
told tho story of the shooting Pren
dergast turned pale and shrank into
I bis chai r’with ill-conoealed agitation,
Switzerland’s Sew President,
A New York special of Sunday says:
m. Frey, formerly Swiss minister to
the United States, has been elected
president of the Swiss confederation,
I1I1( q j jaR had a romantic career. Colonel
p re _ j a a native of United" Switzerland, but is
! well known in tho States. Af
j er a miRtary educational course, tho’lino he
SO ught practical experience in
■ o{ agricnltoral science in Germany,
; j j extending that line his observations where and in studies 1861,
n to America,
when tho civil war broke out, he was
found practically engaged as a farm
hand in Illinois, familiarizing himself
with the agricultural methods. He en
listed early in 1861 at Chicago as a
sergeant in a company of the Twenty
fourth Diinois. He was promoted sev
eral time* for gallantry.
AT THE HATIOHAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Government aim News oi
me Departments Biswei
Miles of Interest Concerning the Peo¬
ple nml Their General Welfare.
Hevouty-eight nominations Tuesday, were
confirmed by tho senate
among them being that of ('. M. Si
lnonton, of South Carolina, to be
United States circuit court judge for
the south judicial circuit.
The comptroller of the currency' has
declared a dividend of 45 per oent.
(the first dividend) in favor of the
creditors of the Gulf Nat ional Bank, of
Tampa, Flu,, amounting to $27,849 80
on claims proved, aggregating $240,-
411.98.
The secretary of tho interior has or¬
dered the. removal of John 0. Curly,
register of the general land office at
Prescott, Arizona, and of Receivers of
Public Monevs Neheiniah Davis, at
Fargo, N. !>.': M. W. Gibbs, at Kittle
lloek, Ark., and Edmond IV. Falun,
at Pierre, 8. D.
The sub-committee of the house
banking end currency committee, hav
eharge of the various hills providing
for the repeal of the 10 per cent tax ou
state bank issues, have agreed on a hill.
The measure they will submit to tho
full committee for consideration pro¬
vides for the conditional repeal of the
10 per cent tax.
Tlio house committee on appropria¬
tions Tuesday ordered Mr. Livingston
to report the fortifications appropria¬
tion hill. The measure as reported
carries an appropriation of $2,217,054,
being $5,218,759 less than the esti¬
mates and $5,599 more than was ap
priated by the last fortifications act.
Tho Georgians in Washington,to the
number of 100, met at tho Metropoli¬
tan hotel Saturday night and organ¬
ized “The Georgia Society of Wash¬
ington.” They will have regular club
rooms with all the conveniences of the
modern clubs. Their rooms will he on
Pennsylvania avenue. It is' entirely a
social club. Speaker Crisp, Secretary
Smith and all the Georgia congressmen
arc members.
Ly Wing Yow, Chinese consul gen¬
eral at San Francisco, has been sum¬
moned to Washington to confer with
t he Chinese minister regarding a new
treaty soon to bo submitted by China
to the United States. He departed for
Washington Saturday night. He would
say- only- when interviewed that the
present, treaty- is far from sutifactory
and that the Chinese have not settled
on thy terms of tho treaty which they
intend to propose as a substitute.
For one thing, however, tho Chinese
government will not oppose the new
registration law.
Secretary Carlisle’# lf« jui.ri.
The annual report of Secretary of
the Treasury Carlisle was transmitted
to congress Wednesday. The secre¬
tary- estimates tho revenues of the gov¬
ernment for the fiscal year, which will
end on the 30th of next June, at $430,-
121,000, leaving a deficit of $28,000,
000 on the year. He mentions that
there are Pacific, railroad bonds,known
as “currency sixes,” issued in and of
the Pacific railroads, falling due with¬
in the year 1894, to the amount of $2,-
302,000, which must he paid at matur¬
ity, and recommends that congress
take action at this session to provide
for them. «
He suggests as a means of enabling
the government to promptly meet the
emergency and to provide a larger re¬
serve fund, several courses of action.
()no is tho issue of three per cent,
five-year bonds, in small amounts, to
be disposed of through the sub-treas¬
uries and postoffices to our own peo¬
ple. Another is the issue of fifty
million dollars in one-year, three per
cent, bonds at par. Until tho effect of
the repeal of the Sherman silver pur¬
chase law is more fully developed, lie
does not consider it advisable to rec¬
ommend further specific legislation on
that subject. He favors legislation to
authorize tho more extended use of
silver certificates.
He refers to the opinion of his pre¬
decessor and of the late attorney gen¬
eral that the gain or seignorage result¬
ing from tho coinage of silver bullion
as it progresses, constitutes it part of
tho general assets of the treasury, and
states that he has ordered the mints at
N ew Orleans and San Francisco to be
kept in readiness to commence the
coinage of standard silver dollars at
any time when required.
He champions tbe sy-stem of substi¬
tuting ad valorem duties lor specific
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 revenue taxi H on
cigars and cigarettes; the imposition
of new taxes on playing cards, cosmet¬
ics, perfumeries, legacies and ruceew
cessions and incomes derived from in¬
vestments in stocks and bonds of cor¬
porations and joint stock companies.
On the subject of the sugar bounty
the secretary simply says: “I respect¬
fully call attention to the various rec¬
ommendation* contained in the report
of the commissioner of internal reve¬
nue, and ask their favorable consider-
NO. it
ation by congress. In regard to the
condition of affairs in the sea islands
of South Carolina, Secretary Carliale
only refers to the work' dene by the
Marine hospital service, and. adds:
“This work, purely of a military na¬
ture is t>« bo supplemented by the ef¬
forts of the Red Cross Society in re¬
lieving tin- physical, necessities of the
people."
TIE HEWS IN GENERAL:
Coiiiieiiseii from Onr Most Important
Telegraphic Advices
Vml I’rcscnfiai ia Pointed and Keada*
tile Paragraphs.
• oid shipments from Pittsburg, Pa.,
to the south and west Saturday aggre¬
gated (>,0(10,000 bushels.
The big mill strike at Olnev'ille and
Central Falls, R. I., 1ms collapsed. The
men submitted to the cut in wages.
The grinding mill of Dupont A- Go.;
n ear Wilmington, Delaware, exploded
Tuesday, killing Edward Gallagher.
I he holt and nut works of J. H,
■Sternberg ,v Son, of Reading, Pa.,
began working on full time Monday,
Over 400 men will be benefited.
A dispatch of Sunday from San
Francisco igmouncos that A. D. Jones,
consul general at Shanghai, China,
died on a steamer at sea on the 9th in¬
stant.
The conference of leading ailvet
men of the country, called by the Bi¬
metallic League to, devise ways and
means to coutiune the light for free
silver coinage, opened at Washington
Friday morning at the headquarters of
tho Bimetallic League,
Phillip M. Schoig, the defaulting
teller of the Hank of Minneapolis,
Minn., who was brought hack from
England to plead guilty, was senten¬
ced Monday morning to seven years
and six months at hard labor in tho
state penitentiary.
Train robbers Monday night hoar¬
ded tho enstbound Houtheyn Paeifta
train, which left Houston, Tex., l'of
New-Orleans at lO o’clock. The robs
bers shot and killed the express mess¬
enger, John C. Riehardson, and man¬
aged to escape with several money pack¬
ages, though ho far it. is not known
how much was taken. The robbery
ocetired somewhere between Houston
and Dayton, Tex.
The bark Trafalgar arrived at Mel¬
bourne, Australia, Sunday from Bata¬
via, after a fearful voyage lasting for¬
ty-eight days. Duringthe passage tka
captain of the Trafalgar, two passen¬
gers ami three seamen died of fever.
Several other seamen were prostrated
by the same disease. A navigated youth only tho
eighteen years of, age
steamer after the death of tho captain
and other officers.
A St. Petersburg special of Sunday
Hays: At tli< annual banquet at the
winter palace of the soldiers decorat¬
ed with the cross of St. Andrew and
St. George, last Monday, forty of the
guests are said to have partaken of a
meat pie which was in a putrid state.
Tho result is that fifteen of them have
since died of cholera and the other*
were very sick for several days after-*
wards.
The bodies of George Lilly and If.
Plaiss were taken from Ihe bridge
wreck at Louisville Monday. There
was a gold watch and $300 found iu
Lilly’s pocket. Chief Engineer Deans,
after a thorough examination, attri¬
butes the wreck to the heavy wind,
which was blowing the day of the acci¬
dent. He is busy formulating a report
which will ho forwarded to the com*
pany. He says there is no doubt that
the bridge will he completed.
During the examination of 1’render*
gast in his trial at Chicago, Monday,
he created a sensation by excited ob¬
jections to questions put by bailiff the attor¬
neys for the defense. A took
his arm to force him into his scat, when
t he prisoner tore loose from the offi¬
cer’s gras)i ami quivering with My rage,
’screamed: “Let go of me. life
is at stake here. They are trying to
prejudice the jury.” He was finally
quieted jirnl tlio examination pro
eeeded.
Four men held up tho cashier of Al or
gun A ShrinS gambling house, Quincy
street, Chicago, at 4 o’clock Tuesday
morning and secured $4,000 iu cash.
Two of the men stood guard at tho
front entrance while the others entered
the place, and covering the cashier
with revolvers, eooly emptied the safe.
Threatening the frightened man with
death if ho made an outcry, the rob¬
bers made good their escape, Four of
the employe* of the place were present
at tho time of the robbery. The quar¬
tette was compelled to stand with hands
up while tin intruders went through
the place.
Bishop Lyman Dead,
Jit. Rev. T. B. Lyman, his bishop of
North Carolina, died at home at
Rab i .’h Wednesday morning of heart
failure. Bishop Lyman was born in
Boston, October 1815, and was seven¬
ty-eight years old. Ho served as a
priest in .Maryland, Pittsburg, Rome,
Italy, and Han Francisco and was con¬
secrated assistant bishop ot North Car¬
olina in 1873,