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VOL. l-
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What is Being Done in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
proceedings from day to day briefly
TOLD —BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION —OTHER NOTES.
THE noUSE.
Thursday.—ln tbe house Thursday
morning:, Mr. Watson, of Georgia, rising
to a question of personal privilege, sent
to Ihe c'erk’s desk and had read a special
dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution from
Washington, criticising his vote on the
Craig-Stewart contested election case.
'I he dispatch stated ns a fact that Mr.
Watson had been a democrat, a third
partyite, and now plays in the role of a
lepublican; that he voted squarely with
the republicans against seating the dem
ocratic contestant, who was fairly
elected. That he was playing into the
hands of ihc republicans in order that he
might secure financial aid from them in
his next campaign for congress. It fur
ther stated, as an opinion Based on the
fact and expressions of members, that
democrats could place but one construc
tion upon Mr. Watson’s vote, and that was
he was placing t > the republican party.
These accusation* Mr Watson de
nounced as base and infamous falsehoods.
On the other hand the Constitution’s
correspondent reiterates his previous
statements, and thus the matter stands.
After th s little breeze the house dis
cussed the district appropriation bill.
After the expiration of the morning hour,
a proposition to allow railroad companies
to grant special rates to commercial trav
elers was discussed until adjournment.
Friday.— Mr. Mitchler, of Pennsyl
vania, from the committee on appropria
tions, reported the invalid pension appro
priation bill, and it was referred to the
committee of the whole. The house then
went into the committee of the whole
(Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair) on
the private calendar.
Saturday. —The urgent deficiency ap
propriation bill was taken up in the house
Saturday. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, called
up the bill appropriating (as a deficiency)
$ 150,000 for carrying on the work of the
liurea of annual industry and SIO,OOO for
the production of sugar. Mr, Hollmau
opnosed the bill on the ground that the
committee on agriculture Bad no juris
diction over the matter and that it prop
erly came under the jurisdiction of the
committee on appropriations. This led
to a spirited debate between Hatch and
iloimau. The tilt occasioned much mer
riment for the house. The bill wa3 then
paseed without amendment.
Monday —Before the reading of the jour
nal on Monday Mr. Catchings, of Missis
sippi, called un the resolution for the
consideration of the silver bill, and tho
clerk proceeded to read, and upon its
adoption Mr. Catchings demanded the
previous question. Mr. Tracy, of New
York, called attention to the fact that
the journal had not been read. The
speaker decided that is was in order for
the gentleman from Mississippi to call up
the resolution. The reading of the reso
lution was concluded. Mr. Tracy
appealed from the decission of the
chair. The debate which followed
was animated. Mr. Catching closed the
debate ou the behalf of the committee on
rule*, concluding by moving to lay the
appeal of the gentleman from New York
(i'racy) upon the table. Mr. Tracy de
manded the yeas and nays, and
his demand was supported by 55 oth
ers. The roll was then called and
resulted, yeas, 194; nays, 73. So Mr.
Tracy’s appeal was tabled. Mr. T rac y
then raised the question of consideration.
The chair decided that under the rules
he could not entertain a question of con
sideration. Mr. Tracy again appealed
and was again defeated by a motion to
table his appeal, which was carried, 176
to 81. Mr. Tracy thereupon moved to
recommit the resolution -with instructions
to the committee on rules to report it
back with an amendment, changing the
date for consideration of the silver bill
from March 22d to December
}2tb. The motion was defeated
—yeas, 70; nays, 202. Tho
previous question was then -ordered
upon the resolution without further ob
jections being made. Brief debates fol
lowed, in which the resolution was ad
vocated by Messrs. McKeighan of Ne
braska, Townsend of Col rado, Pierce of
Tennessee and Bland, and opposed by
Mr. Williams, of Massachusetts; while
sarcastic speeches, directed agaiust the
spectacle afforded by the controversy
among democrats were intcjected by
Messrs. Heed and Boutelle. The yeas
and nays were ordered and resulted in
the adoption of the resolution—yeas,
190; nays, 84. The speaker announced
the result and immediately added, “The
clerk will read the journal of yesterday’s
proceedings.” [Laughter.]
THE senate.
Thursday. —ln the senate Thursday
the right of Dubois to retain his seat wa9
affiimed by a vote of 55 to 5. Senator
Hill voted on the d.fferent propositions
in favor of Dubois. . Mr. Call gave no
tice that although he had intended to
address the senate during the dnv upon
a resolution introduced by him relative
to the. interference of railways in- tho
Florida senatorial elections, in deference
to the pending order, he would postpone
the delivery of his speech until next
Monday. The Paddock pure-food bill
consumed the rest of the day.
Friday. —Among the bills reported
from committees and placed on the sen
ate calender Friday were the following:
To authorize the Norfolk and Western
Kailroad company, of Virginia, to extend
its line of road into the District of Co
lumbia; to authorize the sale of the site of
fit. Frausis barracks, Florida, and to pro-
vide for anew site and construction of
suitable buildings thereon; to establish
lineal promotion through several lines of
artillery, cavalry and infantry of the
army. Mr. Stanford introduced a bill
directing the purchase of silver bullion
and coinage thereof. Referred to the
finance committee. Mr. Walthall offered
a resolution, which was agreed to, di
recting the committee on privileges and
elections to inquire and consider whether
further legislation is not necessary
to put at rest such questions as
have from time to time arisen out of the
construction of the existing law regulat
ing the time and manner of holding elec
tions for United Sta'es senators. The
pure food bill was theu taken up and Mr.
Vest stated at some length his position
in regard to it and to such legislation in
general. He y elded for a moment to
have the house District of Columbia ap
propriation bill presented and referred to
the committee on appropriations.
Monday. —The pure food bill was the
m -i'i topic before th senate Monday.
A vote on the motion to stiiku out sec
tion 7 and 8 disc’osed the absence of
a quorum, and the senate adjourned.
Tuesday. —ln the senate, Tuesday,
Mr. Squire presented a pe'ition from the
ch imber of commerce of Port Townsend,
Washington, praying that the Behring
sea fisheries be thrown open. The peti
tion was referred to the committee on for
eign relations.
Tuesday. —ln his prayer Tuesday
morning the chaplain of the house feel
ingly referred to the death of Represen
tative Kendall, of Kentucky. After Mr.
McMillin, of Tennessee, had given notice
that he would ou Wednesday call up for
consideration the free wool bill. Mr.
McCreary, of Kentucky, announced to
the house the death of his colleague, Mr.
Kendall, and as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, tbe house ad
journed. The speaker appointed the
following committee to take order re
specting the funeral ceremonies: Payn
ter. Manson, Amerman, Bailey, Owens,
Wilson, (Ky.,) and Belknap.
notes.
The president Tuesday afternoon sent
to the senate the Behring sea arbitration
treaty.
A hearing will be had next Monday on
a movement to allow' pensions to soldiers
who fought in the Indian war. Most of
the men live in the south.
The silver men have won handsomely
on the first fight, which took place Mon
day, and the silver bill will uow be
launched fairly before the house. .
In the senate, Friday, Gen. Gordon
offered a resolution for the payment to
the estate of Alexander H. Stephens, of
Georgia, of the expenses, incurred by him
in prosecuting his claim to a seat in the
senate (in the reconstruction period).
' The third party platform Las been
printed for circulation. The copies seat
to southern men in Washington have the
plank about paying pensions stricken
out. The third party leaders know that
plank could never be endorsed by south
ern men, but they think it will go in the
west.
The third party members of the house
have shown themselves in favor of in
creasing the pensions, notwithstanding
the heavy burden of taxes upon the peo
ple now. ,For this purpose all of the
third party men, except Mr, Clover and
Mr. Watson, voted on Tuesday to in
crease the pension bill about twelve mill
ion dollars.
Senator Stanford, of California, has
put an end to the talk of his being
the third pnty nominee for the presi
dency. A AVanhington dispatch of Sat
urday quotes him as saying, in response
to an inquiry regarding the matter: “I
am a republican. I would not decline a
nomination from the republican party,
but I would not affiliate with any other.
There has been a great deal of objection
raised in recent years by coastwise vessel
owners to paying compulsory pilotage to
state pilots whenever their vessels enter
or leave any of the ports along the At
lantic coast, for the reason that in almost
every instance the vessel’s pilot is thor
oughly capable of piloting his own ship.
To remedy this and make the law general
a bill has been introduced iu congress to
abolish compulsory pilotage fees.
In the senate the pure food bill is the
pending order. There are signs that the
measure is about to encounter a consider
able degree of opposition in addition to
the attacks already made upon it, and
this may take the shape of an interjection
into the regular course of business of long
speeches and debates on other matters iu
the expectation that some of the regular
appropriation bills.will finally be brought
forward to displace the pure food bid.
A cabinet meeting was held Tuesday
which was devoted almost entirely to
the consideration of the Behring sea
question, with a view to deciding on a
plan of action in case Great Britain ad
here to its refusal to renew the present
season the pending arbitration modus
vivendi of last year. There was a smaller
attendance than usual, owing to the ill
ness of Secretary Blaine and the absence
from the city of Secretaries Foster and
Noble. AYbile the matter was thoroughly
discussed it is understood that no definite
plan of action was determined upon.
The business of this congress is ahead
of that of any congress for several years.
Speaker Crisp at the opening, stated that
it should be a congress of business and
he is making it such already. Three reg
ular appropriation bills have been passed
and a fourth is ready for adoption. The
bills adopted and sent to the senate are
the military academy, and the Indian
appropriation, and the District of Co
lumbia, while the pension appropriation
bill has been pissed upon and will be
finally adopted. Besides these, three
urgency deficiency appropriation bills
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, MARCH 11,1892.
have been passed. Several other reguutr
appropriation bills have been reported,
and will be pushed through very soon.
In the fiftieth and fifty-first congress not
more than one appropriation bill had been
passed at this time. In the tariff arid
other important legislation this congress
i9 even farther ahead than all previous
ones. The tariff bills have been reported
and will be taken up for debate at once,
and before the end cf this month cer
tainly they and perhaps several others
will have been passed and sent to the
senate.
FREE BAGGING BILL.
The Report in Its Favor as Prepared
by Mr. Turner, of Georgia.
Following is the report of Air. Turner,
of Georgia,from the ways and means com
mittee, in favor of the bill to admit free
of duty bagging for cotton, machinery
for manufacturing bagging, cotton ties
and cotton gins:
The bill proposes an act of tardy jus'.ico
to those who contribute the chief item of
our export trade. We sent abroad dur
ing twelve months ended December 81.
1891, 5,927,852 bales of cotton, of tin*
aggregate value of $227,038,511. The
concession which this measure content
plates is coincident with the greatest d.^,
Eression which the producers of cot tot
ave suffered in a generation. The tira ■'
is ripe for some mitigation of their bur
dens. Cotton, when sold in the markets
of Europe. is subjected to
a tare, or deduction, for
bagging and ties. The American price
is fixed relatively to the price paid for
cotton abroad. The cost, therefore, of
covering and ties, which inclose lint, is a
sacrifice inflicted on the cotton grower in
both foreign and home markets. The
argument which inveighs against the ex
emption of ties from duty, while the '
baud, iron or steel, from which they are
made is still subject to duty, is
without force under these circum
srances. The principle of .the
drawback applies here in full force; bag
ging is covered by the same sort of
equity. The right to resort to imported
bagging and ties will, it is confidently’
believed, protect farmers and laborers
engaged in the production of cotton
against corners and combinations among
those who, under the present tariff, con
trol the supply of those indispensable ar *
tides. The exemption of machinery used *
in the manufacture of bagging, is pro
posed in this bill for the benefit of Amer
ican bagging factories. They already
ha/e their raw materials frqy.
An additional reason is suggested by
the fact that, if these very simple ma
chines can be imported free, the farmers
themselves can join in the production of
bagging. They will thus have in their
own hands a final defense against trusts
and monopolies. They are still smarting
from ihp oppression which a very recent
combination imposed, the raising of the
price of bagging nearly 100 per cent.
The effect of the McKinley fates upon
bagging and ties has not yet been fully
eeveloped. The first result has been to
cut off the importations of these articles.
The next step will be an augmentation
of price. Trust is always a possible sup
plement to protection.
BLAINE ANSWERED.
His Grandchild’s Mother Has Her Say
in the Divorce Matter,
A dispatch of Tuesday
Falls, S. D., says: Airs. Ja
Jr,, has furnished the ated Press
au open letter in reply to the “Personal
Statement” made by James G. Blaine,
Sr., through the same chaunel last Sun
day, regarding the relations between
Blaine, Jr., and his wife, who was re
cently granted a divorce. The letter by
Airs. Blaine, Jr., among other things
contains the following:
“You have furnished the public with a
remarkable production under the caption
of “A Personal Statement.” I consider
it my duty at. this time to address you
with that degree of dignity which your
position as a public man entitles you to.
I acknowledge your well earned, richly
deserved fame as a diplomat and appre
ciate fully the weignt which your utter
ances possess as fully as I appreciate my
own weakness aud my total inability to
cope with you in a personal encounter,
but I shall expect from you that consid
erate and honorable treatment which I
am sure your keen sense of equity and
fairness will dictate.
A powerful man of a great nation will
surely accord to a weak, defenseless wo
man her full meed of justice. You surely
can ill afford to withhold it. I wish it
distinctly under-tood by you that I am
not asking sympathy. I respectfully de
mand justice. It is in your power to
grant this simple request. It is to be
seen if you will do it. I will aid you by
suggestion:
Have the kindness to publish, in con
nection with your statement, the full text
of the letters you have quoted from, and
do not, like a shrewd ud uuprinc pled
person, select only such pages as may be
needed to make out a case, but give the
entire contents to the public, that they
may be judged rightly. * * * You
know full well that your charges against
me regarding the marriage are unfounded.
I give you ample opportunity to retract.
You have two alternatives—the one sug
gested or silence. * * * I take it
that your sentiment was prompted chiefly
by the remarks of Judge Thomas in
rendering his decision which gave me my
freedom. I have no defense to offer in
his behalf, I simply desire, now that
you have arraigned me bv the use of
fragmentary quotations from my love
letters to your son, that you be fair
enough to publish the originals in full.
I will then prove to the world that your
son was far from a weakling, and that
you, his proud father, well knew it long
before he married me.”
FOII ALLIANCEMEN.
Notes and Current Commsnt Regarding
the Great Reform Movement.
ECHOES OF THE GREAT ST. LOUIS COVEN-
TrON —THE PLATFORM TO BE REJECT
ED OR RATIFIED THIS MONTH.
An exchange remarks that the man
who joins the Alliance for the purpose of
getting a little cheap sugar or a little
office of some kind, is gencraiiy the one
who is found kicking the hardest.
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The Y irginia fiuti , the State organ of
the \irgiuia Alliance, is a brigh orb in
the reform world. It is both fearless
and able in its championship of Alliance
principles and in the advocacy of the
Ocala demands.
***
The fight in this country js now on be
tween the money power and the people.
Vf all street and London have dictated
tbr policy of our government long
enough. The people will now put a stop
to it in a peaceable manner at the ballot
box.
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The Pennsylvania Farmer has been
adopted as State organ of the Alliance in
that State. It is an old and reliable pa
p- r and has stood for reform all these
years. We predict great good to the
people who read it.
An exchange says: The Texas Demo
cratic committee of the state have ruled
that no m in who advocates the sub-treas
ury system can vote in the Democratic
primaries. This has split the party wide
open with a majority going with the sub
,treasury crowd.
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The alliauce will not become a politi
cal party, nor the kite to any political
organization. It will hold itself intact
as an organization, separate and distinct.
However, its members having been edu
cated up to that intelligent point in the
science of government that enables a man
to vote for principles, will vote with that
party that represents their views of re
form.—So. Alliance Farmer.
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* lu addition to the platform the follow
ing resolutions were adopted at the St.
Bonis meeting:
Resolved, ihat the question of female
suffrage be referred to the legislatures of
:it e different states for favorable consid
eration.
Resolved, That the government should
issue legal tender notes and pay the
L nion soldier the difference between the
price of the depreciated money in which
he was paid and gold.
Resolved, That we hail this Amference
as the consumAiation of a pegect un®n
of hearts and Kinds of all seeffons of our
common country. The men who wore
the gray at.d the wore tbe blue
meet here to the last smoulder
ing embers of civil war in the tears of
joy of a united and happy people, and
we agree to carry the stars and stripes
forward forever to the highest point of
national greatness.
Polk, in his address before
the recent labor congress, among other
things, said that on Wall street and on
the bo-d of trades money wa s one and a
half pTTr cent. In any of the small towns,
on the other hand, money was at from
ten to twenty per cent. That was what
had to be righted. The farmer paid over
twenty per cent of taxes, and if money
can be borrowed in New York on cotton
and wheat at one and a half per cent,
why can’t the same thing be done in the
west? He compared the gain in wealth
of the New England states as compared
with the producing states of the west and
south, saying that the gain of the New
England states was five to one against the
south and west. He entered a so emn
protest against these unequal conditions.
The time has come, he declared, when
the great northwest, great south and
great west shall lock their hearts and
hands together and take possession and
run the government in the interest of the
people.
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farmers’ catechism .
Paste this in your hat and read it to
every man who suffrage, al
ways pausing after each question long
enough to see that you are answered
without equivocation, yes or no.
1. Are you in favor of abolishing the
special privileges enjoyed by- national
banks ?
8. Are you in favor of putting the
producers of cotton on an equal footin"
with the producers of silver and gold”
by allowing them to store cotton as a
basis for circulation, within safe limits?
3. Are you in favor of n storing the
volume of currency to the same ratio
that it sustained to the population and
business of the country, when our public
debts were contracted?
4. Are you in favor of prohibiting the
monstrous system of gambling in agri
cultural products, that robs the farmer of
all his hard-earned profit, and demoral
izes the countiy?
5. Are you in favor of free coinage of
■ilvei f
6. Are you in favor of prohibiting the
ownership of land by aliens, and svudi
cates?
7. Are you in favor of a tariff for
revenue only, and that levied upon the
luxuries rather than the necessaries of
life?
8; Are you in favor of a graduated tax
on income?
9. Are you in favor of limiting all
state and national revenues to the neces
sary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly administered?
10. Are you in favor of honest and
just but rigid control of railroad and
telegraph dues ?
11. Are you in favor of election of
United States senators by direct vote of
the people ?—Cotton Plant.
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THE PLATFORM.
Following is the platform adopted at
the B f . Lnu s meeting, to ratify or reject
which every county in the Union will
hold a mass meeting on the last Saturday
of this month:
First.—We demand a national curren
cy, safe, sound and flexible, issued by the
general government only, a full legal
tender for all debts, public and private;
and that without the use of banking cor
porations a just, equitable and efficient
m t ins of distribution direct to the peo
p.c at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent be
provided, as set forth in the sub-treasury
plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or some
better system; also, by payment in dis
charge of its obliga ions for public im
provements.
a. AVe demand free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
It. AW otmand that tbe amount of cir
culating medium be speedily increased to
not less than SSO ptw capita.
c. We demand a graduated income tax.
and. We believe that tbe mot ey of the
country should be kep: as much as possi
ble in the bands of the people, and hence
we demand alt national and state revenue
shall be limited to the necessary t xpenses
of the government economically and
honestly admii istered.
c. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the government
for the safe deposit of the earnings of the
piople and to facilitate exchange.
Second.—The laud, including all tin
natural resources of wealth, is th - herit
age of all the people, and should not be
monopolized for speculative purposes
and alien ownership ef land should "<
prohibited. All ■ nd now Ic'd b; ail
roads and other c > ; orations in excess of
their actnnl tie ds, and all Inn J s iow
ov ued by t liens *1 -n il lv* reclaimed by
the government and held for actual set -
tlers only.
Third.—Transportation being a means
of exchange and a public necessity, the
government should own aud operate the
railroads in the interest of the people.
(a.) The telegraph and telephone, like
the postoffice system, being a necessity
for transmission of news, should be own
ed and operated by the government in
the interest of the people.
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CONTENTION ECHOES.
TheNutioaal Economist thus comments
on the St. Louis conference: “The great
St. Louie conf-reuoo of all organ*/ i cions
of producers in the United States, will
ing to co-operate in securing reforms in
the interest of the people, has come and
gone. It is now a matter of history, but
its effects will be far-reaching and im
portant; they will affect the history of
the near future more, perhaps, than any
thing which has happened since the
foundation of the government. There
was almost a full representation of al
most every labor organization in all parts
of the nation. The action was harmoni
ous and the platform was adopted unani
mously. It is a shorter and better platform
than any political party ever put forth in
this country. It practically has hut
three parts, finauce, transportation and
land. The nlatform. boiled down to its
ast analysis, means ‘more money and
less taxes.’ Every citizen of this nation
is called upon to rally to this platform,
not for the sake of any political party,
but because it is right. The indictment
in the first part of the platform is terrible
but true, and the remedy proposed by
the last part of the platform is just and
equitable to all, and will certainly prove
adequate and efficient. Who, then, dare,
lay any claim to honesty and object to
tbe call for all honest citizens to array
t lemselves under this banner in prefer
ence to any political party?
The convention adopted the platform
and resolutions, and then adjourned sine
die, and immediately after adjournment
wiy* called to order as individual and in
dependent citizens who loved their coun
try, and organized into a mass meeting.
A committee of twenty-five was then ap
pointed to confer with the executive
committee of the People’s party, which
stands on practically the same platform,
and fix a time and place for holding a
national convention for the nomination
of President and Vice-President upon
rtn. The committees met and
decided upon Omaha, Neb., as the place,
the 4th of July, as the date, and 1,776
as the number of delegates.
This is immediately following the na
tional democratic aud republican conven
tions, and all who are devoted to these
principles will have seen them rejected
by both thoe parties, and will not leave
their old parties to participate in the new
because, having been turned out of their
old party for the- principles of justice
they believe, they have no home but in
tbe new, where they can worship God
according to tbe dictates of their con
science. Mars meetings are to be held
in every county in the Union in Alnrch
for the ratification of Jhis platform aud
the selection of delegates to represent it.
The delegates to the sit. Louis convention
did not seek to bind their constit
uents or force them into anew party,
but realizing the fact that neither of the
old parties would in good faith accept
reform that would place capitalists aud
the great common people on an equal
footing, they took steps which insures
the organization of a party ou their prin
ciples, Now is the appropriate time for
active work in behalf of this platform.
Politicians do not believe the move
ment will amount to anything
because it has no money with
■which to push the campaign,
but the facts are, that that will not retard
the onward march of this grand cause of
justice. The common peo de are tired of
a party that is run by boodle from men
who, as a recompense, control Congress
and the administration, and for a change
the people will arise in a “pauper cam-
paign, " with no rewards for party work
except that merit 9hall be recognized,
ami fairly overwhelm the corrupt meth
ods of those who would brihe
American freemen with money * * *.
NEWS IN GENERAL
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WHAT 18 TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OCR
OWN COUNTRY. AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A hurricane which passed over the
Portuguese coast Sunday did much dam
age to property.
A succession of earthquakes were felt
at Messina and in Lyari island, Italy,
Monday. No damage was done.
Experts who have examined the books
of ex-Auditor Laville, of AVn9hington,
Ind., find him short in his accounts over
SI,BOO.
The grand jury iu London has found a
true bill against Mrs. Florence Osborne,
charged with stealing jewelry from Mrs.
Hargreaves.
Manager Todd and the Capital City oil
works, of Jackson, Miss., denied the re
port that the cotton seed oil mills of Mis
sissippi have combined.
A cablegram of Tuesday says: The po
lice of Vienna have issued orders forbid
bing the further distribution of free bread
to persons whp are out of employment
and are in needy circumstances.
The Antwerp Handelsbad (newspaper)
says that the United States recently made
an offer to the king of Belgium to pur
chase Congo Free State, and to defray all
expenses iucurred by Belgium in connec
tion with that country. *
The steamship Ros-i, which arrived at
New York Tuesday morning from Santos,
Brazil, was detained at quarantine. Yel
low fever broke out among the crew
while at Santos, and the first mate, engi
neer and one seaman died.
A cablegram of Sunday from Paris is
to the effect that Etienne Arago, the
French writer, dramatist and statesman,
is dead. lli-was born in 1802 and was
the last surviving brother of the illustri
ous Francis Arago, the astronomer.
A London cablegram of Monday says:
Charles Foster, secretary of the United
States treasury, and George J. Goschen,
chancellor o( the exchequer, Uavq had
two interviews, but nothing has been
settled concerning the holding of a mone
tary conference. This matter depends
entirely upon future negotiations.
A dispatch of Sunday discloses the fact
that the board of health of New York
City is much agitnted over the typhus '
fever situation iu the city. A case which
was diagnosed as probably typhus was
found in a crowded ward of Bellevue
hospital. Much excitement was occas
ioned on the discovery that it was a gen
uine case. Eleven deaths have so far
occurred as a result of the typhus infec
tion in the city.
A New York telegram states that Jay
Gould has given $25,000 to the univer
sity of the state of New York. The gift
was made a lew days after he gave his
check for SIO,OOO to tbe Presbvterian
Church Extension committee. It was
Mr. Gould’s desire that the gift should
be kept secret, but the Rev. Dr. Proctor,
pastor of the church which Mr. Gould
and family attended, let out the facts
unintentionally to a reporter.
Mrs. Varma Jefferson Davis commenced
suit in the United States court in New
York City Monday against Robert Bel
ford and the Belford Company. Mrs.
Davis, who Is the widow of the ex-presi
dent of the confederacy, alleges a breach
of contract on the defendants’ part. On
March 4 1890, she contracted with Rob
ert Bedford for the sale of her memoirs of
her husband. Royalties to the amount
of $4,000 were due her in September
last, but were not paid.
A dispatch from Helena; Ark., says:
The exodus of colored people from this
part of the state to Oklahoma still con
tinues. Already the negro population of
this country has been visibly decreased
by emigration. Thirty families left
AVedcesday for the “laud of promise,’*
while others will follow as soou as they
get money to defray expenses. Poor
crops and hard times are the causes for
the move. Oklahoma seems to beth’s
destination of the emigrants.
SPRINGER IS IMPROVING,
But His Doctor Says He will Have to
Take a Rest.
A AVashingtou dispatch says: Mr.
Springer was reported to be better Tues
day morning and improving slowly.
Dr. Vincent, his physician, says
that even should Mr. Springer begin
to rally at once and continue to im
prove from this time on, it would be
impossible for him to attend to any busi
ness for the next two months. The doctor
declares that under the most favorable
circumstances Mr. Springer could not
leave his house within the next three
week*. After that the doctor will insist
that Mr. Springer go to Fortress Monroe
for four or five weeks. According to this
program, therefore, Mr. Springer has
practically concluded his services as chair
inin of the ways and means committee.
CONGRESSMAN KENDALL DEAD.
Stricken with Apoplexy and Death
Quickly Camp.
A AYashington dispatch says: Repre
sentative J. W. Kendall, of Kentucky,
was suddenly stricken with apoplexy
Monday morning and died within a few
hours without having regained conscious
ness.
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