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V0 L. XV.
pOVGKESSlONAL.
IffflAT THE NATIONS’ LAW-MA¬
KERS ARE DOING.
proceedings of Both Houses
Tie Epitomized.
Briefly
THE SENATE.
■before presented his credentials based
appointment from the govern
junt, but the senate declined to accept
fcm. The new credentials reciting
|tis pitted election to the by senate the legislature and the new was sab- sen
Lr Ipower, accompanied his colleague, officer Mr.
to the presiding s t is i
mere he was sworn. In presenting
Petitions from trade organizatsons ot
St. Louis, relative to the financial
question, Mr. kest, democrat, ot
[Missouri, remarked that there appear
ei to be about as much difference of
opinion among these organizations as
tee was in congress. An interesting
debate on naval and fortifications
equipments occurred when the confer¬
ence report on the forti fl "Miens bill
was submitted. Mr. Call, democrat,
of tVida, in charge of a bill, argued
,nat the ordinance department did not
to he committed to making fifty
[mortars. At this point the financial
question again made its appearance
end Mr. Hale, republican, of Maine,
'Chandler, republican, of New Hamp
[shire, and Mr. Aldrich, republican, of
Iwith Ehode Island, took occasion to deny
emphasis the reports that there
was any desire on the republican side
to secure delay in the appropriation
bill in order to cut off financial and
other bills.
! Secretary Carlisle submitted a letter
of information to the senate Monday
which dissipates the gloomy forebod¬
ings as to a lack of revenue to carry
on the government. It is in response
to a resolution of inquiry adopted last
iweek. The text of the letter is as fol¬
lows: “In reply to senate resolution
of January 28th, 1895, that the secre¬
tary of the treasury be directed to in¬
form the senate what is the esti
bated deficiency in the revenues
‘ f the government to current
' pny
Inpenses (ot between the 31st day
December, 1894, and the 31st day
ol December, 1895, and if the $153,
[337,579.99 jury cash balance in the treas
on the 31st day of December,1894,
prill be I sufficient have the to honor meet such state defici¬ that
ency, to
[from estimates made upon the basis of
laws now in force, it is believed for
the twelve months ending December
w, 1895, the revenue of the govern¬
ment from all sources will exceed or¬
dinary The expenditures by $22,563,023.”
followed reading of the letter was closely
Pherson by the senate. Mr. Mc¬
went to the clerk’s desk to
personally drich (rep. inspect it. Then Mr. Al¬
of Rhode Island) sent for
i and a group of republican senators
gathered about him and read it over
his shoulder. Mr. Gorman smiled sig¬
nificantly at the secretary’s direct and
positive estimate of the ampleness of
twenues. Mr. Vilas (dem. oFWiecon
j°n,) favorably from the judiciary committee,
jnstice reported the bill retiring
Howell Jackson from the
united States supreme court bench.
ud asked immediate consideration of
measure. Mr. Aldrich, still hold
fested c “ Secretary Carlisle’s letter sug
that there were some things
riiich would prevent the full consid
«tion of this measure, and it ac
XI tdingly A went over.
sensational episode occurred in
senate as soon as the session open
™ Tuesday. Mr. Mitchell, republi
“U, of Oregon, rose to make a report
‘rich, ^certain he said, sugar he desired bounty to claims make on
a
®ief explanation. “There will have
* an explanation when the subject
Bee np,” interposed Mr. Harris,
Eocrat, of Tennessee, “so that it
“ be a waste of time to have an ex
Naation now. I therefore object.”
r - Mitchell urged that the explana
would not take three minutes, but
Harris shook his head. “Then,”
81 Hr. Hitchell, with growing impa
not make the report,I will
that .. ““raw it. It is most extraordinary
I I Sena tors cannot submit a brief ex¬
piation if they so desire. It is re
| ij Mkable.” a TP e< T °ut vehemently. Mr. Mitchell’s “It words need- were
is
senator to protest,” said
• ' Harris. “I object; and I empha
i‘f 5cY “> r< 1 ^ V object.” battle. This The led to a regu
si had been presiding of
s controversy rapping vigorously as
a Prs proceeded. “The
. mast proceed in order,” he
P*»ted. The colleagues of the two
l r '’ senators gathered about them
, 5 lr Tignant
turn a ' n< Hdued postulations con
eidin ln su tones. The pre
r 8 officer directed the clerk to
p°ceed .
^cident with o ther business and the
was summarily closed.
THE house.
knnL exc ene itement H* e occured w ildest and in the most house in
st 6 c ° nc Hision
Hitt’ of the debate on Mr.
f{ 0 8 Hawaiian resolution Friday,
U. ont of a personal difficulty
11 Mr. Breckinridge, of Ken-
Hale- Weekly
CONYERS, GA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY (5, 1895.
tueky, and Mr. Heard, of Missouri, in
which epithets like “impertinent pup¬
py,” bandied. “coward,” “scoundrel,” “liar)”
wore One blow was struck,
when friends interposed and the ser¬
geant-at-arms arrested the two offend¬
ers and escorted them to the bar of
the house, where Mr. Breckinridge, in
the course of an explanation, practi¬
cally challenged Mr. Heard and de¬
manded personal satisfaction, As
well as the tangle of confused events
can be unravele d, t5le encounter
in this wav: Mr.
resolution, by demanding the previous
question on the adoption of the reso
i u tj on Mr. Breckinridge immediate
]y moved around from the side aisle
j n w Hi C h. he was standing to the tier of
geab3 ; n w Hieli Mr. Heard was located
an( q bo t WO rds followed. Mr. Breck
j nr j dge protested against what he call
e j M r . Heard’s rudeness. The latter
declared he was only doing his duty.
As the voices of the gentlemen rose,
member8 rUBbed thither. “Imperti
nfint puppy,” shouted Mr. Breckin
ridge. “Liar,” hissed back Mr. Heard.
At the word, the white-haired Breckin¬
ridge, who is a heavily built, sturdy
man, put his foot on the step on which
iii„ tenches are located and let drive a
right blow at Mr. Heard. Mr. Heard
dodged and .n another instant a dozen
hands were extended to restrain the
Kentuckian, and the conflict abruptly
ended. When order was restored the
speaker recognized Breckinridge who
apologized. Mr. Heard then explained
his part of the affair. This ended the
wordy combat, and in the absence of a
motion which might have been made
to reprimand the principals, the house
proceeded with the question before it,
and the excitement soon subsided,
although there was much speculation
throughout the day as to what would
be the outcome.
In the house Saturday a bill called
up by Mr. Onthwaite, democrat, of
Ohio, to temporarily revive the rank
of lieutenant-general of the army, met
with some oposition from Mr. Gillett,
republican, of Massachusetts, but it
was passed. The purpose of the bill
is to authorize the promotion of Major
General Schofield to that rank. The
house then proceeded in committee
of the whole under the special
order to resume the consideration
of the Pacific railroad funding bill.
At the close of a somewhat exciting
session of over six hours the refunding
bill was recommitted by the decisive
vote of 177 to 106. Several attempts
were made to Becure additional time in
which to debate the bill, but they were
all objected to by friends of the meas¬
ure, who, like the opponents, until the
decisive vote was taken, were of the
opinion generally that the hill would
pass by a small majority.
The omnibus war bill was considered
in the house Monday. Some prelimi¬
nary routine business preceded the
presentation of the special order. The
conference reports on the fortifications
and army appropriation bills were
adopted. Bills were passed to author¬
ize the Arkansas and Northwestern
Railroad Company to construct a road
across the Indian Territory, to author¬
ize the governor of Alaska to create
precincts and appoint justices of the
peace. Mr. Catchings, from the com
mittee on rules, introduced a special
order for the consideration of omnibus
war claim bill. Opposition developed
and the bill went over without action.
The house met at 11 o’clock to take
up the consideration of the new cur¬
rency bill. Several bills were passed
by unanimous consent, among them
one to pension the widow of the late
Commodore Frank Avery at the rate
of $20 per month, and one for the re- j
lief of Kate Eberlee an Indian woman.
In accordance with the terms of the I
special order adopted Monday, the !
house then resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole to consider the
bill “to authorize the secretary of the
treasury to issue bonds to maintain a
sufficient gold reserve and to redeem
and retire United States notes, and for
other purposes.”
THE ELBE INQcTRY.
Inquest Over the Body of One of the
Victims.
the , body , ,
A coroner’s inquest on o
Friedrich Ernst, which was picked up
by the fishing smack v arena, was be
gun at Lowestoft Tuesday, it is now
said that Ernst was not a steerage
passenger, but a seaman belonging to
the crew of the Elbe. The coroner, m
opening the proceedings, said it was
his intention to make a thoroug in
quiry into the c’rcumsnn
loss of the Elbe and won J
inquest for t ^ re ®, week s
mat evidence had been taken , , m in order order
to communicate with e 0
regard to the exac co ,
trade in consul
be pursued. The German vice
and an agent of the North German
Lloyd’s Steamship Compa , e
present. I
Meeting of Anti-ParneUites.
The anti-Parnellite members of par
liament met at London and re-elected
Mr. Justin McCarthy chairman for the
session. Mr. John Redman will move
an amendment to the address to the
country on the ground of the govern¬
ment’s failure to carry home rule. ■
i
FROM WASHINGTON.
NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
The treasury gained $656,000 in
gold Tuesday, increasing the gold re¬
serve at the close of business to $43,-
304,642.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors of insolvent national banks
as follows: 12 1-2 per cent the First
National bank of Fort Payne, Ala.;
5 per cent Commercial National bank
of Nashville, Tenn.
It is now definitely known that ar¬
rangements are being made for the
sale, in New York, of $1,000,000 three
per cent thirty year bonds. While
the prospective purchasers are New
York parties, it is known that bonds
are expected to be disposed of to Lon¬
don banks, and that they will be paid
for entirely with foreign gold.
The cabinet was engaged for four
and a half hours Tuesday in discuss¬
ing the impending bond issue; but if
any conclusion was reached the time
for giving publicity thereto has not
arrived. That a bond issue is likely
to occur within a day or two is, how¬
ever, generally regarded as certain,
this impression finding a basis in
active preparations therefor, which
were initiated during the day at the
treasury department, into which the
officials of tiie bureau of engraving
and printing were called as partici¬
pants in the arrangements.
Another fisticuff seemed imminent
in the house Monday afternoon. Mr.
Hatch, of Missouri, charged that the
banking and currency committee did
not represent the people. Mr. Hall,
of Missouri, replied that the statement
was unqualifiedly false, Members
gathered around looking for another
scrap. Mr. Hatch replied: “The gen¬
tlemen is using language in this house
that he would not dare repeat outside. ”
At this point there was intense excite¬
ment, when Breckinridge, of Ken¬
tucky, again appeared on the scene,
this time as peacemaker. His point
of order on the language used set the
house in a roar, in which the two be
ligerent members were forced to join.
Postoffice Appropriations.
The postoffice appropriation bill for
the year ending June 30, 1896, has
been reported to the senate from the
committee on appropriations. As
passed by the house it carried a totr,l
of $89,442,998 and the senate commit¬
tee made a net reduction of $105,614.
The appropriation for railway postal
car service is increased by $100,000
and the appropriation for that service
($3,205,000) is to be under the direc¬
tion and at the discretion of the post¬
master general, all conflicting laws be¬
ing repealed. The item of $196/614 for
“special facilities on trunk lines from
Springfield, Mass., to Atlanta and New
Orleans by way of New York and
Washington” is stricken out. These
were the only important changes.
The Treaty Changed.
The senate in executive session,
Tuesday afternoon, reconsidered the
Japanese treaty and made the change
in its text to which attention was call¬
ed some days ago by the state depart
ment. As the treaty was amended
last week the senate provided that it
should be within the power of either
of the contracting parties to abrogate
it after twelve months’ notice. Inas¬
much as the treaty does not go into
effect until four years from now, in
1899, this puts it within the power of
the United States to aborogate the
convention before it went into opera
tion, a condition which the Japanese
minister represented would be inani
festly unfair to the government of Ja
pan. He urged that the treaty be recon
sidered and the amendment changed
so that it could be abrogated after
twelve months only after the same had
been in operation.
A Poll of the Senate.
Senators known to be friendly to the
policy of the administration are being
flooded with telegrams from all pans
^ tbe cou ntry, from business men and
mercant j[ e establishments, urging
tbem t 0 B tand by the recommendations
ma( j e b y Mr. Cleveland on the finan
c j a q q UeB tion and insisting that some
tb - gba ]j be d 0 ne. These telegrams
addressed chiefly to the
genatorB from the eastern and
middle gtateg and the Henators
from those sections have quietly cau
vassed the situation for the purpose of
showing ^ their constituents just how
^ ^ the seDate would sW on
any proposition that might be ad
vanced. This canvass shows that upon
J 8* iB j ation along b the line asked
{ pregident tbe vote in the
senate would be 39 for the administra
tion measure and 47 against it; the
presence of Messrs. Clark and Wilson,
of Washington, will make the majority
two i ar g e r, for both of them are silver
men and opposed to any sort of an
igs - ae o{ bon d s .
Reed’s Substitute.
The first day’s debate in the house
on the currency and banking bill, with !
authority to issue low interest long
time bonds to maintain the gold re
serve, brought out Mr. Heed’s sub
stitute for the measure which has been
discussed the past day or two. The
speech in which he presented the prop¬
osition was the principal feature of the
day. The bill is in brief that the sec¬
retary of the treasury be directed to
issue 3 per cent certificates of indebted¬
ness to meet the deficiency in receipts,
the gold reserve to be used only for
the redemption of greenbacks. These
certificates, he said, might be for two
years out or the less, surplus and could receipts, be which redeemed the
of
secretary of the treasury will have
this year. This would avoid all ques¬
tions, he said, which hinder the pas¬
sage of the committee’s bill, and meet
the present exigency. The republi¬
cans, he said, were willing to forego
any party advantage that might be ob¬
tained from a measure that would re¬
lieve the country; but it must be such
a measure as commended itself to their
ideas of right and justice and practica¬
bility'.
EVANS ENTERS A PROTEST.
The Counting of the Vote for Governor
of Tennessee Begun.
When the two houses of the general
assembly of Tennessee met Tuesday to
open the returns of election for gov
ernor in November last, Senator But
ler, republican, read a protest from
Hon. H. Clay Evans, the republican
claimant for the governorship.
Mr. Evans protested that the elec¬
tion contest law enacted by the legis¬
lature was unconstitutional, and he in¬
sisted that the joint assembly open
and publish the returns as the consti¬
tution required without any interfer¬
ence on the part of the joint legislative
assembly. reading fol¬
The of the protest was
lowed by applause from the galleries.
The returns of the counties were
theu opeued and objections were filed
by Messrs. Evans and Turney to the
reception of the votes of various coun¬
ties.
When the convention took a recess
at 2 :30 o’clock sixty-seven counties had
been opened. Of the sixty-seven
counties opened fifty-one have so far j
been objected to. The attorneys for
both Governor Turney and Mr. Evans
made a protest against counting the
vote of the four counties of Bedford,
Franklin, Henry and Lawrence. The
attorneys for Governor Turney ob¬
jected to twenty-three counties, as
follows:
Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Camp¬
bell, Cooke, Crockett, DeKalh, Car
roll, Carter, Claiborne,Fentress,Gran¬
ger, Greene, Hamblin, Hancock, Har¬
din, Hawkins, Johnson, Knox, Lon¬
don, Macon, Marion and Morgan.
The attorneys for Governor Evans
objected to twenty-four counties, as
follows: Benton, Cannon, Chatham,
Chester, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, Dick¬
son, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Giles,
Grundy, Hardeman, Haywood, Hum¬
phreys, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lincoln, j
Madison, Marshall, Maury, Moore and
Obion.
The sixteen counties of Bledsoe,
Cumberland, Decatur, Hamilton,
Henderson, Hickman, Houston,
James, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis, Mc
Minn, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe and
Montgomery were not objected to.
Colonel John J. Vertrees acted as
spokesman for Governor Turney and
Robert Pritchard, of Chattanooga, for
Mr. Evans. Governor Turney’s other
counsel were W. M. Vertrees, J. D.
Anderson, J. M. Dickinson, J. W.
Gaines and W. H. Carroll, chairman
of the democratic state executive
committee.
Mr. Evans was on the floor in per¬
son and was represented by Congress¬
man-elect Henry R. Gibson, Jesse
Rogers, of Knoxville, John Ruhm, G.
H. Tillman and W. S. Colyar, of
Nashville, and Sam W T . Hawkins, of
Huntingdon. The returns so far as
opened do not vary from the returns
received by Secretary of State Morgan.
The objections now made are only
formal. Specific objections will be
filed later.
COLONEL CLEMENTS.
Alabama’s President of Cotton Grow¬
ers’ Association.
Colonel N. N. Clements, of Tusca¬
loosa, has been commissioned state
president of the American Cotton
Growers’ Protective Association ior
Alabama. Mr. Clements is one of the
most prominent public men of Ala¬
bama, having served as speaker of the
lower house in 1890, besides filling
other prominent political stations.
He commanded the North Alabama
men in the late war, and was widely
known for his gallantry. Colonel
Clements is a.large planter.
BIG TOBACCO LOSS.
A Warehouse In Cincinnati Burns.
Heavy Damage.
Th, B«.«» >«f rr o eh....
Tuesday ,t Cincinnati morning. .a. dtjttojid The place was bj fud bt«
of valuable leaf tobacco m hogsheads,
all of' which was destroyed. The loss 1
on the stock is estimated at $240,000, j
and on the building $60,000. has not yet ! |
The list of insurance
been made up, but it is said to fully
cover the loss. The firemen suffered
severely from the bitter cold weather.
OT'A OXAllh r T'T7 V lr YU' 0 TTT7AT AlljlilO 5
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oULBED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
Hon. Hoke Smith, secretary of the
interior, has purchased a lovely home
on Milledge avenue, in Athens, and
will, during the summer season, live in
that olassio city.
A committee of ladies from the ex¬
position board will run the Atlanta
Journal on St. Valentine’s day, the
proceeds of the paper that day to go
to the Atlanta exposition. It is un¬
necessary to say that the issue of the
paper for that day will be especially
bright and attractive.
The will of the late Senator Joseph
E. Brown and the four codicils to it
have been proven in solemn form be
fore Ordinary Calhoun at Atlanta.
The will of the late Judge Erskine was
algo proven in solemn form. His es
tate, which was not a very large one,
was left to his daughter, Mrs. Ward,
An election for officers for the Bruns¬
wick naval militia has been ordered to
take place on the lltb, to select the
new officials. It is to be known as
Company A, Naval Reserve, Georgia
Volunteers. It has 39 members, and
they are to be equipped at once. This
i* the first company organized under
the law authorizing the formation of
three naval reserve artillery compan¬
ies and one naval reserve torpedo com¬
pany.
* * *
The Argentine Republio has appro¬
priated $25,000 for their exhibit at
the coming exposition. A letter re¬
ceived from General Avery, the expo¬
commissioner sent to that coun¬
try, contains this information. The
first appropriation made by the Ar¬
gentine was $15,000, but later it was
inoreased to $25,000. From clippings
taken from papers published in South
Amerioa and forwarded to President
Collier by General Avery, it is be¬
lieved that Nicaragua and Honduras
will both have large exhibits at the ex¬
position.
The citizens of Douglas are rejoic¬
ing at the prospect of having a rail¬
road in the near future. The iron is
to be purchased at once and within
the next sixty or ninety days, the
whistle of a locomotive will be heard
in the town for the first time. Some
of the enterprising citizens have taken
hold of the matter, and they have de¬
cided that the county s^ai oi Ciffee
shall be without a railroad no longer,
This road will have its terminus at
Douglas, and will tap the Brunsw' :k
and Western railroad at McDona'd’s
mill.
The trial of W. J. Whitehead in
Watkinsville, charged with attempting
to assassinate Dr. E. W. Ware, has
resulted in a mistrial. This is the
third time the case has been before
the courts and it has cost the county
$22,000. Dr. Ware was shot from
ambush several years ago and the ovi
dence against Whitehead is only oir
cumstantial. This last trial has suc
ceeded in getting two witnesses in jail
for perjury. Bill Smith and Bob
Griffin, both colored, swore that a ne¬
gro named Palmetto was near the
shooting at the time it occurred and it
was clearly proven that Palmetto was
in South Carolina.
The grand jury of Chatham county
has concluded its investigation of the
convict camp officials for allowing con¬
victs to freeze and become frost bit¬
ten. Twenty-one of the convicts were
found to have suffered with frost bit¬
ten limbs, four of whom are laid up in
hospitals. The grand jury recommend¬
ed that the guards be given discretion
in such emergencies to avoid cruel ex¬
posure of the men, and that officers of
intelligence, humanity and prudence
be imployed, to whom such authority
may be intrusted. It was further rec¬
ommended that no convicts be per¬
mitted to work in wet places during
the bitter cold weather.
When will the election in the tenth
district be held? That is the question
being much asked these days, as the
month of March draws near. It is
being asked not only in the counties
comprising that district, but through¬
out the entire state, as naturally a
great deal of interest will be felt all
over Georgia in that election when it
com f' In accordance with the agree
ment mad * Con '
f;
d ,„ , k ,. „ ol
bg g xe d until March 4th, and until
then the only thing for both sides to
do is to wait.
In a quiet way, which was all the
more effective perhaps for that reason
a syndicate of the lumber interests of
Georgia and Alabama were formed in
NO. (>.
Atlanta several days ago. The meet¬
ing was kept quiet, very quiet, and it
was not intended to reach the daily
press except through its first publica¬
tion in lumber newspapers. But the
trust will not be confined to Georgia
and Alabama. These two stntes will
be a mere branch lodge of one which
will include every state in the south
whioh grows long leaf pine. Fat pine,
to use the common term, only grows
in the south Atlantic and gulf states,
and, of course, the trust will not go
above Mason and Dixon’s line.
The answer of B. A. Denmark, the
Savannah and Western railroad and its
receipts to the petition of the Macon
and Dublin railroad, which iH seekiug
to condomn and secure a right of way
thirty-five miles in length on the Sa¬
vannah and Western’s proposed route
from Macon to Savannah owned by the
Central railroad, has been filed in the
United States court at Savannah. This
right of way has been graded and it
would be a matter of economy for the
Maeon and Dublin to secure it. The
ground is that the Central has no right
to hold this right of way against a
competing lino under the constitution
of 1877. The answer holds that the
court has no jurisdiction on account of
the fact that all parties concerned are
citizens of Georgia. It states also that
the complainant has no right or equity
to the relief prayed for.
Road Congress Officials.
The executive committee of the
farmers’ national congress and agri¬
cultural parliament, irrigation con¬
gress and road parliament having Hub-officials con
firmed tho appointment of
by Major W. G. Whidby, assistant
secretary, they are now authoritative¬
ly announced. They will receive their
commissions in a few days and serve
during the entire sessions of these
bodies, from October 7th to 19th, in¬
clusive:
Sergeant-at-arms, Colonel Wilber
force Daniel, of Augusta, Ga.
Doorkeeper, Captain F. L. Hudgens,
of Clarkston, Ga.
Postmistress, Miss Grace Brasing
ton, of Cincinnati, O.
Pages, John Clnrk McMichael, son
of Rev. J. C. McMichael, of the Chris¬
tian Index; Arch Avery, Jr., son of
Thomas C. Avory, Atlanta; Warren R.
Neel, son of Professor C. M. Neel, of
the Georgia Military institnte; Keith
Bassett Muse, son of Mrs. Belle B.
Muse, of Decatur; Lem P. Hudgens,
son of Captain F. L. Hudgens, of
Clarkston ; James H. Goldsmith, son
of James M. Goldsmith, and Willard
Washington Whidby, son of W. G.
Whidby, of Stone Mountain.
INTO THE ICY RIVER.
A Trolley Car Dumps Us Passenger*
and Seven of Them Drowned.
At Milwaukee a trolley car loaded
with passengers ran into an open draw
at Kennickinnick bridge. The pas¬
sengers were all dnmped into the ioy
water. Thousands of people wore on
the spot at once and the people in tha
water were fished out as fast as they
appeared on the surface.
One woman, the motormau and one
passenger have been found drowned so
far. Four passengers are still miBS
ing. It is supposed they aro confined
in the cars at the bottom of the river.
There wero eleven people on the
car, five of them women. Six have so
far been accounted for. Tho accident
was caused by the motorman failing
to stop his car until within fifteen
feet of tho open draw. Then he set
the brake, but the track was icy and
tho car slid into the river.
ALLIANCEMEN IN SESSION.
The Annual Convention of the Order
Held at Raleigh.
The National Farmers’ Alliance and
Industrial Union was called to order at
Raleigh, N. C., Tuesday afternoon by
President Marion Butler at the Metro¬
politan hotel. Many delegates were
present from other states. The stage
was flanked by national flags. The
desk was draped with one, and
one was arranged as a frame of
a picture of the late L. L. Polk, in
memory of whom the alliance held the
meeting in Raleigh. Mayor Thomas
Budger welcomed the body in behalf
of the city, and President Mewborne,
of the state alliance, bade them wel¬
come to North Carolina. H. L. Loucks,
of South Dakota, and J. E. Dean, of
New York, responded. In the evening
there was a secret session held for bus¬
iness.
Proposes to Compromise.
Advices from Berlin state that in
order to avert a crisis in the presiden¬
cy of the reichstag the members of tbe
center propose a compromise increas¬
ing the powers of President von Lev
etzow, enabling him to exclude an
offending deputy from the chamber
during the debate^in the course of
which the member has offended. The
standing order committee will adopt
the compromise.
Commanding the Peace.
It is stated on good authority that
the British, French and Russian min¬
isters at Tokio and Pekin have received
instructions from their governments
to advise Japan and China to arrange
terms of peace.