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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 _ 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.