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TilIv 54 1 11 ('ONGHESS.
KOI 1 INK OK HOI SK 4MI SENATE
Uiilb FEY CHRONICLED.
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Pfr-rntisi and Acted I'potl.
THE BOUSE.
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action on Friday with regard to the
prudent’* message. Mr. Pavne, re
pub ican, of New York, stated that
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ivb. nth message was read he had
moved that there be printed 5,000
copies for the use of the house. He
had since learned that the new print
lug law provided for the printing of
10,000 copies for the house. His mo
tio'n, therefore, was unnecessary, and
he moved that the vote by which it was
adopted be reconsidered. Agreed to.
Speaker Reed announced the appoint
meat of the following committee on
mileage: Messrs. A. B. Wright, of
Massachusetts, chairman; J. B. Bar
ham, of California; Orlando Burrell,
of Illinois, and George 0. Pendleton,
democrat, of Texas. Various exeen
tivo documents and reports from offi
cers were laid before the house by
Speakef Reed and appropriately re
ferred.
Mr. Walker, republican, of Massa
clniBetts, asked permission to have
read the following lesolution:
“Resolved, That the people of the
United States, through their repre
sentatives in congress assembled, here
by express their deepest abhorrence
aud condemnation of the outrages
thus committed on their American fel
low citizouH, a, wall «. o„ .Lo other
“•'iSSeSlS&S. house,
government in ,were ius.itted
hnmnnity'lo'viudiente nl tho ft right” o?
our fellow citizens aud of their fatni
lies in Turkey, and to hinder and pre¬
vent as fur as practicable the continu
mice of the outrages and massacres in
that land.”
Mr. Turner, of Georgia, expressed
the opinion that such a resolution
should not be presented to the house
in its present condition, and he there
fore objected.
On motion of Mr. Cannon, republi
can. of Illinois, the house at 12 :30 ad
jonrned until Monday.
The first business proposition
brought up in the house Monday was
a bill by Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, to
amend the statute fixing the customs
district of Chicago so that the district
would embrace all of the states Of Illi
nois and Indiana. Mr. Hopkins ex¬
plained that the bill was in the inter
est of the smelters of Aurora, who de
sired to be able to pay the duties on
Canadian ores at the port of Chicago.
At present, he said, Aurora was not iu
the district. The bill was passed by
unanimous consent. The oath of
office was administered to Mr. Price
(democrat, Louisiana), who had
not been present at the previous
meetings of the house. A resolution
was passed for the appointment of
three now assistants to the superin¬
tendent of the document room; also a
resolution for the appointment of
Isaac Hill, of Ohio, as a deputy ser
geant at-arms and the three other
employes agreed upon by the demo
eratic caucus. The memorial adopted
by the national wool growers’ nssoeia
tion Saturday, calling for higher du
ties, was presented by Mr. Danfortb,
but Mr. Crisp objected to its recep
tion. Mr. Crisp also objeoted to a
resolution presented by Mr. Cannon,
calling on Secretary Hoke Smith
for hiR authority for an order suspend
ing all operations of the laud office
by which settlers on Pacific railroad
grant lands iu Utah aud Nebraska
could perfect their titles. Mr. Me
Creary objected to the consideration
of a resolution presented by Mr. Wood
man, of Illinois, calling for all corres
pondence iu the Waller case, including
that with Consul Wetter. Objection
was offered also io a resolution bv Mr.
Jenkins calling upon the commissioner
of pensions for a statement of all per
sons who bail ceased to draw pensions
or whose pensions had been diminish
od since March 4, 1893. At 1 :30
o’clock the house adjourned nutil Tues¬
day.
THE SENATE.
The first move in the Delaware con¬
tested senatorship was made in the
senate at Wednesday’s session when
Mitchell, of Oregon, presented a let¬
ter and accompanying records to the
Benate from H. A. Dupont, olaimicg
the right to be admitted as a senator
from Delaware, Delaware’s demo
cratic senator, Mr. Gray, moved
that the privileges of the floor be given
his republican qnasi-colleagne pending
determination of his ease, and Mr.
Dupont was brought in and introduced
to senators. Mr. Chandler presented
a mass of petitions alleging election
frauds in Alabama, and claiming the
election as governor of Reuben F. Kolb.
Several petitions for the recogni¬
tion of the Cuban insurgents were
offered aud Mr. Clark (rep. Wash.) in
introducing a hill for fortification of
Atlantic, Pacific and lake ports, said
the senate was being asked to extend
recognition to Cuban belligerents and
to firmly reassert the Monroe doc
trine - “We are talking of these mat
ters as though we had a chip on our
shoulders,” lie added, “and we go
forts.” Mr. Hoar offered a resolution
that congress would support the pres
Sr“ z°L“%z m r t f:sJ£
executive session the senate adjourned
at 1:35 p. m. '
There whs a very good attendance
when the senate met at noon Thursday,
The first bill introduced was one by
Mr. Mills, democrat, Texas, for the
coinage of silver in the treasury. A
bill introduced by Mr. Chandler, re
publican, New Hampshire, for the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 15 1-2
to 1, the bill to become operative when
England, Germany and France pass
similar laws, was listened to with great
attention by the members of the sen
ate. Petitions from Florida for the
recognition of Cuba and from the leg
islature of Montana against further
issuance of bonds were presented. A
resolution offered by Mr. Call, of
Florida, was adopted calling upon the
secretary of state to send to
the senate the correspondence
relating to the case of General
Sangnilly, an American citizen, sen
fenced to life imprisonment for alleged
complicity in the Cuban revolution
and directing him to procure a cbpy
of the record in the ease if it is not on
file at the department. Mr. Gallin
ger, of New Hampshire, introduced a
resolution declaring it to be the sense
of the senate that it was unwise and
lne*p<"Iienh to retire the. greenback.,
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cruelty against which the Cubanswere
contending, and their long struggle
for freedom. He considered it an out
rn 8 0 tbat the Unlt ed btates should not
hold out an encouraging hand to those
1 were struggling tor independence.
But instead of speeding the Cubans
on their cause, he insisted that this
government was actually retarding the
revolution-was, in fact, furnishing aid
Spanish tyrant. “This govern
“ent,” said he emphatically, “is re¬
sponsible for many of the outrages
tLat hnve been committed. I do
not “e 1111 to 8a Y tbat the president and
hls cabinet are responsible, but the
aclion of tbls government, negatively,
b y uot recognizing the insurgents as
belligerents in our ports and territory
18 a]dln S toda Y the P° wer of 8 P am ? n
the island of Cuba. T In conclusion he
described Cuba as the Queen of the
Antilles the future centre of a con
federated republic that would include
a11 the lslands of the West Iudles and
cnlled u P on the committee on foregn
affair8 to consider his resolution in
lu the spirit of our fore fathers and
Fep° r t R favorably at an early day.
Then at 1:20 o’clock the senate went
into executive session and at 1:35
o’clock adjourned until Monday. The
senate iu executive session confirmed
Matt W. Ransom, as minister to Mex¬
ico.
^be chief interest . in . the senate pro
codings Monday centered iu a speech
of Senator Morgan, of Alabama, chair
man committee on foreign af
^irs delivered in the afternoon on
tbe Behring sea awards. Mr. Cullom.
oi ' Ilhnol8 < 8 ave uotlc ® that he wou ld
addr , ess the senate Tuesday on the ,
Monroe doctrine. Among the bills m
tr'iduced was one by Mr. Voorhees
granting a pension of
WOO per month to the widow of the
secretary of state, General W. Q.
Gresham. Mr. Baker (rep.. Kan.),
offered a elution, wb ich was
a « reed to - calll “g u P on
P re8ldent x , not incompatible .
^ lth tbe public interest, . to transmit to
the 80uate a11 d °cuments and corres
P°, ndenoe at the state Apartment
^ elaBn ? to the ca88 of ^-Consul John
L- Walier, now under arrest in France,
After the ad ®Pti«“ a resolution di
rectlD 8 th ® dl8t J flc ‘ committee to
report whether , the laws ot the Dis¬
trict of Columbia permit what Senator
Hale' called the “in tolerable and barbar
ous” right of a parent to “provide for
the custody of minor children by the
terms of his will,” Senator Morgan
delivered a carefully prepared speech
iu reply to strictures made on him by
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
inibassadoi.
The senate in executive session at
3:55 p. p. confirmed the nomination
of Rufus W. Peckham, of New York,
to be associate justice of the supreme
conrt of the United States. The
judiciary committee also agreed to re
port favorably the nomination of
Judges Springer, Kilgore and Stuart,
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Ran Fourteen Knots an Hour.
The Comanche, the handsome new
steel boat of the Clyde line, arrived at
Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday morning
and tied up at her dock at 10:30 o’clock,
having completed her initial voyage
from New York to Jacksonville in sixty
hours, or at a rate of a fraction over
fourteen knots an hour.
P V/xiA A PTT A I \OTFS
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GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN *
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Various Departments.
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Dus » us., wmcn recently tailed
So far as Speaker Heed’s influence
goes, the conclusion reached in the
contested election cases now before
the house, will be based on the law
and evidence without regard to parti
sau considerations.
Great disappointment was expressed
by members of the house Saturday that
the president should have left the city
and thus have delayed laying before
them the information contained in
Lord Salisbury’s reply to Secretary
Olney’s letter, which reached Wash
ington Friday evening.
The pres ident has amended the civil
serTice ru ] es atu j brought into the
c i ass jfi e< j se rvice about forty-five addi
tional employes. The amendment reads
that 8pecial departmental rule No. 1 is
amem j e( j by striking from the list of
p j acefj accepted from examination in
tJle department of labor statistical ex
perts au( j temporary experts. So much
G f executive orders as provides for the
appointmellt 0 f special agents in the
department of labor by non-competi
tivQ exam i na ti on i s hereby revoked.
ine “““en report nf ot Juage Tndae Har
^ J'^oMnstt^fnr ’ t-he^oiferations ^heTast of the depart
>™ '“ ,0 fiscal vear
— - length S f.
“oS £ ,3?“
recommends an amendment of the law
so as to exclude the words “other in¬
famous crimes” from the cases subject
to appeal to the highest tribunal and
to remit minor cases to the courts of
appeal.
Members of the house who have had
interviews with Speaker Reed during
the last two or three days on the sub¬
ject of committee appointments, be¬
lieve that the committee list will be
announced before or not later than the
fifteenth of the month. Formerly
speakers have not been able to make
their selections before the Christmas
holidays, as a general rule, but Mr.
Reed has had the advantage of a year,
practically, in which to make up his
mind. He has said to several that he
is anxious to have congress finish its
business and adjourn as soon as possi¬
ble, aud all the time he can save on
selections will tend to that
result.
Favorite of Labor Organizations.
The labor organizations of the coun¬
try are making a concerted effort to
secure the appointment of Representa¬
tive Phillips, of Pennsylvania, to
the chairmanship of the house com¬
mittee on labor. Their action is
a decidedly complimentary one since
Mr. Phillips is not identified with
labor organizations, but on the con¬
trary is an employer of many work¬
men in connection with his many oil
interests in Pennsylvania. Letters
hove been presented to Speaker Reed
from the chief officials of the Knights
of Labor and American Federation of
Labor and fifteen other organizations
asking for the appointment.
Carlisle’s Estimates.
Secretary Carlisle has sent congress
estimates submitted by the several
cabinet officers of money required for
conducting government for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1897, amounting
to $418,091,073. Appropriations made
for the present fiscal year ending June
30, 1896, amounted to $412,753,264.
Among the detailed estimates noted
are improving the harbor at Charles¬
ton, S. C., $100,000; improvement of
harbor at Galveston, Texas, $1,140,
000; for expenses at Norfolk, Ya.,
navy vard, $75,750; the naval station
at Port Royal, S. C., $338,182; the
dry dock at Algiers, La., $100,000—
total cost of which will be $1,250,000;
public building at Savannah, $100,000.
Order to Postal Employes.
The postmaster general issued the
following significant order respecting
all postal employes:
That hereafter no postmaster, post
office clerk, letter carrier, railway
postal clerk or otner postal employe
shall visit Washington, whether on
leave with or without pay, for the pur
pose of influencing legislation before
congress. Any such employe who vio
lates this order is liable to removal,
Postmasters and other employes of
the postal service are paid by the gov
ernment for attending to the respect
ive duties assigned them, which do
not include efforts to secure legisla¬
tion. That duty is assigned to the
representatives of the people elected
for that purpose.
If bills are introduced in either
branch of congress affecting the pos
tal service, upon, which any informa
tion or recommendation is desired, I
am ready at all times to submit such
as lies in my power and province.
Running at a Loss.
The comparative statement of gov
ernment receipts and expenditures for
the mouth of November and the five
months of the fiscal year to date has
been issued by the treasurv department.
year $15,869,327. ’ ’
Th g r eceipts for November were
usssszs:
while the expenditures are $1,250,000
less than for November, 1894. For
the tive mon ths of the current fiscal
the receipt <, are $141,279,116,
whioh ia $2,750,000 greater than for
the C0rresp0 nding five monthsof 1894.
For the same period the expenditures
have been $157,148,443, or $2,700,000
less than the corresponding five
months of 1894. The recnipts of No
vember were nearly $2,000,000 less
than for October last au l the expendi
tures $7,000,000 less, due to interest
payments in October. Customs re
ceipts for the five months of this fiscal
fear are $120,000,000 greater than for
the corresponding five monthsof 1894.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Miller has compiled the collections of
internal revenue for the four months
of the current fiscal year. Theyaggre
gate $51,494,692, a decrease of $13,-
264,992 as compared with the corres
ponding four months of 1894. The
principal sources of internal revenue
were: Spirits, $26,877,637, a decrease
of $14,417,013, arising from the with
drawals in 1894 to evade the increased
tfl x. (/i 20 cents a gallon; tobacco,
$ n j0 36,350, an increase of $658,915;
fermented liquors, $12,964,612, an
increase of *793.273 : oleomsie-erine.
» decease of *172,848. and
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MORE BONDS PROBABLE
If No Remedial Legislation is En¬
acted.
A Washington special says: The
statement is made by persons who are
among those best qualified to judge
that in the absence of legislation to
relieve the financial situation a bond
issue is altogether probable within the
next few months at the farthest. The
present condition of the exchange
market, and the commercial situation
generally, it is said, point unmistaka¬
bly to further large exports of gold,
and without something is done to pre¬
vent the usual heavy exports during
January and February, which for the
last two years have forced the issue of
bonds to recoup the depleted gold
reserve, a similar situation will con¬
front the treasury before the new year
is far advanced.
The available cash balance in the
treasury Monday, including the re¬
serve, was approximately $175,500,000,
and as the government has realized
from its three bond issues about $182,
000,000, it appears that but for these
issues the government would now be
without one dollar in the treasury,
ing ipnd in obligations addition would amounting have outstand¬ to about
$6,500,000. In the meantime the ex¬
cess of expenditures over receipts
amount to about $130,000,000.
The exports ot gold during the last
f >ur months have been as follows:
A igust, $16,267,000; September, $17,
a 24,000; October, $2,165,000; No¬
vember, $16,000,000; so far during
December, $3,540,000; making a total
of $55,796,000.
So far this calendar year the exports
of gold amount to about $95,000,000,
Iu 1894 the exports amounted to
$101,819,924. From the best informa¬
tion obtainable it is believed that the
present month will show a surplus of
at least $1,000,000, which will leave
the deficit for the fiscal year to Janu¬
ary 1, about $15,000,000. It is ex¬
pected that this amount will not be
materially increased during the re¬
maining months of the fiscal year.
IS THIS TRUE?
Report That Cincinnati Soldiers are
on Their Way to Cuba.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: Seven
members of the Fifth regiment of the
Ohio national guard, while with their
regiment at Atlanta, deserted their
companies and went to Cuba to enlist
with the insurgents.
A letter received from Savannah,
Ga., stated that they would leave for
Bermuda, where they would catch a
boat and sail for Cuba on December
15th.
The leader of the party is First Ser¬
geant Arthur Burdge, of Company K,
and officers of the regiment fear that
there is a number of other desertions.
FUN AT FORTY.
Banker HIgginson’s Spouse Elopes
With a Young Barrister.
Mrs. Francis L. Higginson, wife of
the famous Boston, Mass., banker, and
a social favorite, has forsaken her
home and family, leaving no word
behind her. She has been gone over
two weeks. There is also missing
from the same social set Mr. James
Wheatland Smith, a young lawyer.
Mrs. Higginson is within a few months
of forty years of age, and the mother
of four children.
A FATHER’S DESPAIR,
A Sad Affliction of Four
a Years
Child. Olj
From the Citizens’ Journal, Atlanta,
Tuesday morning, August Te Xas
of the Journal in 13th, the edh ° ?
lor, the , company -with Q- W r
stableman of Linden, Texas ’<i
out seven miles northwest of ’ ° T9
residence Lind en t0 th,
of Mr. John Miller,
ceived and welt entertained were re.
Miller. Their by Mr and ir ^
son, Buford J. Miller at ah
four years old, became pale and
nothing weal-, '* n<1
seemed to do him any g00d
continued in this condition He
about until he Was
twelve years old, at times eati
much for D eaf°° » ,
one or two meals and then
but little for weeks afterward At
snxs$sa?ja's t
was a bad case of dropsy. 1 y aa sai <I
treat Mr. him; Miller first had two "good Olive™oH?, phveieiun s to
Dr. A. J. den -
aud then Dr. J. P. Mills, of Alifflra -v >
They both, after making a trial <, a i p , ^ ths
case. Mr. Miller They could not benefit the lT,’
then tried a number 0
medicines, without any good remih n 1
had spent much money and his apnetibi son pi,r
appeared to have no blood, no * £ ,
dred was so yards weak without that ha could not wait.V U d
Miller had given stopping in despair to rest w '
day neighbor, up when lit
a Rev. S. G. Eohnls wV,
near Mr. Linden Miller said advised he had him to h^pe try i>ink f'Ti 83
no 4
not want to make the trial, but his nriehi
insisted. couid he get The the next pills. question Ho was .TefW® whil
and found that went to
J. P. Grow, a druggist hea
them. Mr. Crow was an old neighbor The
friend and persuaded him to give
a thorough trial, promising that if he would
benefit take three from boxes them and he would Buford charge received T I
Mr. Miller took three uoihio™
boxes of Pink Pill" hid
home with him, and says before Buford
taken one box there was a wonderful’ im
provement. ago. To-day This Buford was Miler about eighteen is monthi hearth
about nineteen a stout y
young man years old.
W e met several of his schoolmates at Linden
who state there has been a wonderful ch-im™
in Buford Mi Her. He is well known bv yma th«
people of Linden.
His mother, Mrs. Miller, was also afflicted
with dropsy about seven years, suftering
much in the spring of the year. After seeing
that Pink Tills wero benefiting her son she
concluded to try them for herself. This was
about a year ago, and she remarked that if
it had not been for Pink Pills she did not
know what would have become oflier. She
had no symptoms of dropsy the past spring
She said too much can not be said in crane
of Pink Pills.
Mr. Miller referred us to J. P, Stoveall.tha
druggist in Linden; Eb. Prarxier, merchant,
and many others who are well acqnaiuted
with his family and know the facts.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are not a patent medicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
as a prescription and used as such in gen¬
eral practice by an eminent physician. So
great was their efficacy that it was deemed
wise to place them within the reach of all.
They are now manufactured by the Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y., and are sold in boxes (never in loose
lorrn by the dozen or hundred, and the pub¬
lic are cautioned against numerous imita¬
tions sold in this shape) at 50 cents a box, or
six boxes for #2.50, and may be had of all
druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Will¬
iams’ Medicine Company.
PROTECT USERS OF “ROYAL.”
Raking Povrder Company Wins Its Case 1
in United States Court.
The decision of Judge Showalter in a re¬
cent case that came up before him sustains
the claims of the Royal Compan-T-to the ex¬
clusive use of the name “Royal” as a trade¬
mark for its baking powder. The special
importance of this decision consists in the
protection which it assures to the mill¬
ions of consumers of Royal Bak
ing Powder, The excellence of this
article has caused it to be highly
esteemed and largely used almost the world
over. Its high standard oE quality having
been always maintained, consumers have
come to rely implicitly upon the “Royal
brand as most wholesome aud efficient.
If other manufacturers could sell under
the name of a well lrnowu. reputable
bramd incalculable damage would he done to
the public by the deception. The determina¬
tion of the Royal Baking Powder Company
to protect the users of the Royal baking
powder against imitators by a rigid prosecu¬
tion of them makes such imitations of its
brand extremely rare.
Di’nlness Caimoi be Cured
bv local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is onlj one
wav to cure Deafness, and that is by const
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused ny a
inflamed condition of tbe mucous tube scp|
1 he Eustachian Tube. When this
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or -
p°rfect hearing, and when it is entirely co»
Deafness is the result, and unless the inn -,
illation can be taken out and this ““V..,,!
stored to its normal condition, Rearm, wi ■d
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten q
caused flamed by condition c itarrh, of which the muebns is nothing snrfao-• but j I
We will give One Hundred Dollars. for >
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) tliat ca 3
not be cured bv Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
for circulars, & Co Tol ed„, 0.
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{3fSold by Druggists. 75c.
A Truthful and Wonderful Re “) rd- J
ileman. Listen wliat he says: I have
with indigestion ever since_tne Tyner’s ' va Dy^Ps JV , )S ii
years ago I began taking My wife JWJ
Remedy and it cured me. take J
also, and in fact all the farm y
they eat anything that disagrees vi n
and Is not say it that is the good best testimony. m-dicme °u B a e ' ^ w cs!)t j I
per bottle. For sale by all druggists.
FITS-topped free by Du. Km*'i- ItRKA
Nerve Restorkr. No fitsafter br-t-w; ^ 1
Marvelous cures. Treatise and S-h p i j
tie free. Dr. Kline, 031 Arch b>t.. I
Jlany Influences Combine toRcdncf IF®, u
to the danger limit. Tonic The overcome reviving P tn • j-J j
of Parker's Ginger -
A Rare Coin.
When Louisiana seceded, J anliar
26, 1861, the new government seize
the United States mint at New Urie»“
and struck $254,820 in double wg
and $1,101,316.50 in silver halt <»
lars, using the United States dies
1861. The bullion was exhaustea
May, 1861, when the coinage ceas
and the United States dieswer States* _
stroyed. A Confederate for 1
was then made, to be used *
half dollars, but it was not fit for
in a coining press, the relief b el =
high. Four half dollars were s
with it on a screw press, of aa )
comprise the entire coinage worth
federate States. They are