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VOL. It.
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.
TTTE HOUSE.
Wednesday— ln the bouse, Wednes
day, it was expected that a vote would
be taken on the world’s lair amendment
to the sundry civil bill without debate,
but the friends of the fair at the last mo
ment concluded that it would be better
to have more talk and, when at 12:80
o’clock the sundry civil report again ob
tained the floor, Mr. Caruth.of Kentucky,
was given an opportunity to explain why
he had decided to change front at sbis
time for the appropriation. His reason
vftis that the fair had become a national
matter. Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, closed
for the appropriation, hi strong point be
ing that by ordering Sunday closing the
house had diminished the fair receipts.
Mr. McMillin closed for the opposition,
urging the necessity for economy. The
debate being concluded Speaker Crisp
announced that he was satisfied that his
ruling Tuesday should be changed. The
effect of the ruling was to give Mr. Hoi
man entire control of the situation unless
the house should take it away from him
by voting down some proposition he
makes. The first senate amendment
proposed to increase the appropriation
for the government exhibit, and, on Mr.
Holman’s motion, the house, without
division, insisted on its non concurrence
in this amendment. The same course
was followed as to other amendments
of minor importance to the
five-million-dollar appropriation, the
world’s fair managers not caring to force
the fighting until the big appropriation
was reached. In this way, without
division, all the senate word’s fair amend
ments were sent back to conference until
the five-million-dollar appropriation was
reached. Mr. Holman, in accordance
with the opposition programme, yielded
to Mr. Bankhead to offer the five million
dollnr amendment and the previous
quesion being ordered, the clerk began
to call the roll on Air. Bankhead’s
amendment. On the first roll call the
amendment was defeated by a vote of 77
to 141. Mr. Holman demanded the yeas
and nays and a second roll call was
ordered. When the e'erk finished the
calling of the roll it was noised around
that the motion had secured a majority
of nearly twenty. Mr. Holman immedi
ately changed his vote from the
negative to the affirmative
in order that he might be entitled to
move a reconsideration. Several votes
were withdrawn, and the speaker finally
declared the motion carried by a vote of,
yeas 117, nays 105. All of the republi
cans voted t" concur in the senate amend
ment. The Farmers’ Alliance members
vote 1 against concurrence. Six'y-three
democrats voted to concur. On the an
nouncement of the vote Air. Holman was
promptly on his feet with a motion to
reconsider, and Mr. Bingham as prompt
ly moved to lay that motion on the table.
Then filibustering began in earnest. Mr.
Outhwaite, of Ohio, moved an adjourn
ment and pending that moved that when
the house adjourn it be to meet Friday
next. This was supplemented by Mr.
Bailey, of Texas, with a motion for an
adjournment until Saturday. Seventy
seven of the opponents of the world’s fair
proposition refrained from voting and Air.
Bailey’* motian was lost—yeas, 2; nays,
143. The point of no quorum was raised
and Air. Bingham moved a call of the
h use, which was ordered, but only after
the filibusterers had wasted some time by
demanding tellers. Two hundred and
eight members responded to their uames.
Mr. Bingham offered a resolution revok
ling all leaves of absence except those
granted on account of sickness and di
recting the sergeant-at-arms to notify
absent members to attend to the sessions
of the house immediately. The resolu
tion was subsequently withdrawn and
the house adjourned. When the matter
again comes up the pending vote will be
on Air. Bingham’s motion to table the
motion made by Air. Holman to recon
sider the vote by which the house reced
ed from its disagreement to the world’s
fair amendment.
Tiiuksday.— McMillin, of Tennessee,
called up in the house a joint resolution
that congress adjourn Saturday, at 2
o’clock. Mr. Hatch opposed it because
he wanted the anti-options bill to pass
nnd Mr. Outhwaite, the leader of
the filibuster's, has also opposed it, and
suggested Monday next as the date of
adjournment. The house refused on a
vote of 65 to 110 to agree to the amend
ment, fixing the date of adjournment at
2 o’clock Monday next. The oiiginal
McMillin resolution providing for the fi
nal adjournment of congress at 2 p. m.
Saturday, was then adopted by a
vote of 121 to 51. The speaker stated
the pending motion to be that
made by Mr. Bingham to table
the motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house receded from its disa
greement to the senate’s World’s Fair
umeudment. Immediately the filibus
terers came' to ifie front led by Mr.
Outhwaite, who moved an adjournment,
supplementing this motion with one to
adjourn until Saturday. Mr. Cummings,
of New York, acted as lieutenant and
moved an adjournment until Monday.
On the Cummings motion the vote stood:
yeas 1, nays 164, 2 less than a quorum,
and the house was at a standstill, having
refused to order a call. On the vote re
curring, on Mr. Cumming's mo
tion to adjourn till Monday,
the house was .gain left without a quo-
Fiiiday. —Tee World’s Fair matter
was delayed by a question of privilege
raised oy 3lr. wneeter, oi AiaDama, re
lative to certain statements contained in
a campaign book recently published by
Representative Watson, of Georgia, re
viewing the action of the present congress
and positions taken by its members in
the past. The honse was thrown into a
state of great confusion resulting from
the assertions by Air. Watson that everv
word written in the book to whih
Wheeler referred was literally true, and
that he stood ready to defend every word
of them. The assertion was greeted with
prolonged hisses, as the words charge
h i drunken members reel through the
'■ n-'U-en members st eak upon
grave measures. Mr. Watson was
called to order by Air. Tracy,
of New York, who wa3 greatly
indignant over the wholesale charge upon
the house. Air. Watson was permitted
to explain his language. He reiterated
his assertion as to the truth of the state
ment made by him and defied the house
to do with him what it wished. Air.
Boatner introduced a resolution calling
for the appointment of a committee to
investigate the truth of Air. Watson's
charges relative to drunkenness of mem
bers of the house, and to recommend
what course shall be taken with respect
to the member (Air. Watson) if the
charge is found to be untrue. Filibus
tering was immediately inaugur tied bv
Air. Cummings, of New York, asuming
command of the Air. Boatm r
ask> and for immediate action ou the reso
lution, and the question of its privilege
was discussed and was ruled to be privi
leged and adopted without division. It
was after 1.30 p. m. when the house re
sumed the consideration of the World’s
fair amendments to sundry civil appro
priation bills.
Saturday. —The World’s fair* appro
priation continues to deadlock congress.
The filibustering in the house went on
Saturday until the announcement was
made of the death of Representative
Craig. The house then adjourned out of
respect to his memory. Before that,
however, and during the filibustering
Mr. Holman reported a resolution ex
tending the old sundry civil appropria
tions until August 4th. Air. Hopkins, of.
Iliipois, one of the AYorid’s fair advo
cates, objected to its consideration,
knowing at the time that a failure to
adopt it would leave many departments
of the government without funds. His
objection sent the resolution over.
THE BENATE.
Wednesday. —ln the senate, Wednes
day, Sena-ornatel'of the committed"'on
naval affairs, introduced a joint resolution
to %mend the act in relation to the pro
posed international naval review at
Hampton Roads and New York. The
amendment empowers and directs the sec
retary of the navy to send the United
States ships of war to rendezvous in
Hampton Roads in April, 1893, and to
proceed thence at some time during the
month of May or June to New York har
bor to hold a review. The senate joint
resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors
at the world’s Columbian exposition to
bring into the United States foreign
laborers of their respective countries for
the purpose of preparing for and malting
their exhibits was taken from the calen
dar and passed. The anti-option bill
then came up and three speeches
were made upon it. No
attempt was made to have a vote on
Mr. Wolcott’s motion to refer the bill to
the committee on finance and when Mr.
Washburn asked unanimous consent to
have a time fixed, (perhaps Thursday)
for taking the final vote on the bill and
pending amendment, a very prompt and
determined objection was interposed by
Mr. White. Many house pension bills
were taken from the calendar and passed;
also, the senate bill to facilitate the en
forcement of the immigration and con
tract labor laws of the United States;
also, the house bill to authorize the con
struction of a bridge over the Tennessee
river at Deposit, Ala, After a short
executive session the senate adjourned.
Thursday. —ln the senate, sundry res
olutions for the appointment of select
committees to sit during recess were re
ported. After spending one h >ur in pass
ing bills on the calendar, among them
the eight-hour law as to the public works
of the United States and the District of
Columbia, the anti-option bill was taken
up at 2 o’clock p. m., and Mr. Washburn
moved to lay on the table. Mr. Wolcott
moved to refer it to the committee on
finance. This was agreed to by
the very decisive majority of 32 to 13.
Mr. Paddock then proceeded to deliver
an argument in favor of the bill. Mr.
Turpie also defended the bill, both from
moral and legal points of view. After
wards the amendments came up for ac
tion. Mr. Washburn’s amendment to
strike out section 12 was agreed to. Mr.
Daniel’s amendment to strike out section
13 was debated until 5 o’clock, when the
senators, exhausted by the oppressive
heat,voted unanimously for adjournment.
The house adjournment resohrion was
received and referred to the appropria
tion committee.
Friday —There was no quorum when
the senate met Friday morning and a
half hum' passed before one appeared;
then Mr. Stewart seiz and the op
portunity afforded by the colloquy
between Messrs. Carlisle and Cock
rell to make a silver speech. Mr.
Carlisle addressed the senate on Mr.
Hale’s invitation as to the re ative merits
of “protection” and “tariff for revenue
only,’’ and in response to the speeches of
Messrs. Hale and Aldrich.
Saturday. —The anti-option bill was
finally buried in the senate Saturday.
Owing to the hot weather many senators
have left Washington for the summer.
Senator Washburn realizes he could
never get a quorum to vote upon it this
session, so he agreed at Saturday’s ees
sion for it to go over until De cember.
That practically means its defeat after
the election, as but little interest will be
taken in the measure, and the opposition
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5,1892.
will find no difficulty in postponing it
indefinitely.
Alonday. —The attetidansc of senators
Alonday morning was not indicative of
any great success having attended the
telegraphic summons of the vice presi
dent recalling absentees. The vice pres
ident stated that no less than thirty-one
such telegrams had been sent out, and lie
laid beforo the senate four telegrams re
ceived by him alleging sickness as the
cause of absence. - These were from
Messrs. Wilson, Ca-ey, Dolph and Faulk
ner. L'aves of absence were granted, be
sides, to Air. Platt, for the remainder of
the session, and Air. Gibson, of Louisiana,
for Tuesday. Ou motion of Air. Hawlej>
the invitation of the Grand Army of the
Republic at tbe encampment in Septem
ber was accepted on the part of the sen -
ate, and a committee of five senators pro
vided for. The bouse joint resolution,
extending the appropriations included in
the sundry civil bill tillThu’sday receiv
ed from the house was laid before the
senate and pa-sed.
NOTES.
An extra session of congress is p s-ible
if the filibustersjß.il l not lei the f : r
propriatiou go through, and if the 'air
people'will not let the resolution extend
ing the old appropriation from August
4 (as it now stands), to next December
an extra season w uld have to be called
to meet the emergency or a lot of gov
ernment machinery would stop. This
situation existed once before and an ex
tra session had to settle it.
The president, oh Friday, vetoed the
famous McGarrahan claim bill. The veto
menage comes in the face of the fact
that the bill passed both houses of con
gress by more than a two-thirds majority.
For his veto tbe president has been se
verely criticised. Old man AlcOarrahan
had expected it from the president’s de
lay in acting, and received the news
philosophically. He believes it can be
passed over the president’s veto in De
cember. p Such an effort will be made.
The Watson Investigation.
Watson’s statement to the committee ,
and his statements in his book revealed
the fact that Judge James E. Cobb, of
the Tuskegee, Ala., district, was the
.speaker referred to. Cobb s name was
made public at his request. He said it was
generally known that the charge was
against him and he wished an opportun
ity to refute it. All Mr. AVatson’s wit
nesses expressed the opinion that he was
intoxicated when he made his speech in
tae Noyes-Itockwell case. Mr. Rock
well, in faVor Judge Cobb was'
arguing, testified that he had seen Cobb
before, after and all during bis speech,
and that he was not in the smallest de
gree intoxicated. Colonel Oates, of Ala
bama, testified that he had known Cobb
twenty-seven years; that he was not a
drinking man; that he stood high in his
church; that his • character was above
'epros.ch. He said that Cobb was physi
cally week; that he was making a long
and careful argument; that some friend
seut to his desk a stimulant (whiskey, he
supposed); that Cobb sipped it; that his
manner brightened up somewhat; that 416
emphitically was not drunk. Represen
tative PattersoiTWf Tennessee; Bynum,
of Indiana; Aleyeiv of Louisiana; Dele
gate Smith, of Arizona; Peyton Wise, of
Virginia, clerk to the house commerce
committee, and Solicitor Hepburn of the
treasury testified to Mr. Cobb’s sobriety
on the occasion in question. '%| srs -
Patterson, Bynum and one or 1
witnesses testified that they bad swm a
cup ou Mr. Cobb’s desk and hud seewhim
drink out of it, but from close observa
tion and Knowledge of Air. Cobb they
knew that he was not under the influence
of liquor. Representative DeForest, of
Connecticut, did not think Air. Cobb at
all under the influence of liquor. Air.
Fellows, of New York, testified, and
gave general absolution to members of
the house as to drunkenness. Air. Alutch
ler, of Pennsylvania, testified in de
nial of (he truth of Air. Watson’s
charges, and so did Air. Tracey, of New
York. The members of this house, Air.
Mutchler said, were particularly free
from the habit of intoxication, and were
as sober a set of men as he ever saw in
his life. He would not say that he had
never seen a member on of the
house under the influence of liquor, but
he never saw a member drunk there this
session. Air. O’Brien Aloore, correspon
dent of the St. Louis Republic, testified
that he talked with Air. Cobb immedi
ately before and after his argument, to
which he had listened, and knew Air.
Cobb was not under the influence of
liquor. Air. Andrew Devine one of
the official stenographers of the
house, produced the manuscript of
the official report ef Mr. Cobb’s
argument, and testified that he saw
nothing in Air. Cobb’s conduct to justify
tile charges made. The examination of
congressional witnesses to prove by cu
mulative evidence of his audience that
Air. Cobb was not under the influence of
liquor when he delivered his Noyes-
Rock well speech grew tiresome from the
long array of congressmen who made
statements. Alessrs. Funston, of Kan
sas; Cummings and Rockwell, of New
Y'ork; Wheeier, of Alichigan; Dungan,
of Ohio; Wise and Aleredith, of Vir
ginia; Byrnes, of Alissouri; Kyle, of
Alississippi; Sperry, of Connecticut, and
Stump, of Alary land, added their testi
mony to that of previous witnesses who
had testified that they listened to Air.
Cobb’s argument, and were surprised at
the charge that he was under the influ
ence of liquor.
Immigration to Southern States.
A Nt-w York dispatch says: The ap
p< al made by merchants of the south to
turn the stream of immigration down
there is having its effect in England and
Scotland, a large number of immigrants
arriving on the steamer Gallia. The
Gallia started Tuesday for South Caro ,: a
and other southern states.
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of tbe Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUR
OWN COUFTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
There were seventeen fatal cases of
suustroke in Chicago Thursday.
Crane Chemical Works, at Springfield,
N. J., blew up Thursday night and ten
buildings, composing the plant, were de
stroyed.
The deputy and acting comptroller of
the currency on Monday declared the
first dividend of 35 per cent in favor of
the creditors of the First Nations.' bank,
of Palatka,* Fla., on claims proved,
amounting to $261,550. ,
Return of triennial elections held in
provinces of France Monday for mem
bers of councils general have been re
ceived at Paris from 1,132 districts.
They show a republican gain of 110
seats.
A New York dispatch says: In accord
ance with the resolution passed at a re
cent meeting of the Richmond Terminal
advisory committee, default was made on
the interest of 6 per • cent bonds
which was due' Alonday.
Ex-United States Senator Anthony
Kennedy, aged eighty-two years, died at
Annapolis, Md., Sunday morning. Sena
tor Kennedy has been in 'feeble health
for a long time, but the superinducing
cause was the excessive heat of the late
torrid spell.
thirty-third or upper union mills
in Pittsburg started up non union at 4
o’clock Alonday morning. The plate mill
is running, and the other depajtments
appear to be in operation. A guard of
police is about the property and no
trouble has occurred.
A dispatch of Thursday from Bay
’ City, Alich., says: The relief committee
finds that the extent of suffering amfeng
the victims of Monday’s fire is so ureat
outside assistance will have to bo
asked for. t Two hundred and %ixty
families lost everything and are in very
destitute circumstances.* t
Informations were nfhde ai Pigsourg,
Monday afternoon *befoi€ Aldmerman
Reilly by ex-Private lapis against
nel Hawkins, Lieutenant Coionej Strfstfcr
iind Assistant Burgeon Grim, of th" Ttftith
regiment, for aggravated assault and bat
tery, Warrants were issued. The charge
of aggravated asshult was for tying
lams up by the thumbs and the assault
and battery for shaving his head.
The usual monthly statement prepared
by the treasury was issued Tuesday. The
figures are as follows: Aggregate cash in
the treasury, net cash bal
ance, $27,451),286; duling the
month, s:<f>7,9o9; decrease of interest
and non-interes>* bearing debt,
$398,905\ decrease of certificates and
! trea-ury \otes outstanding, $569,051;
total certificates and treasury notes out
standing, $619,675,803, offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury; net
debts, $967,378,935.
Telegrams of Monday from Spokane,
JVash., state that Indians on the Colville
an outbreak. The
U xihfitly incensed at the fail -
wire of the authorities to eject prospect
tors, and even those who have heretofore
have been peaceably disposed, seem to
have caught the infection from others
and all are armed. The removal of all
intruders would settle the trouble, and
Indian Agent Cole has received official
notification that troops will be placed at
his disposal for this purpose.
Advices of Friday from Madison,
Wis., state that the constitutionality of
the recent democratic reapportionment
will be tested in the supreme court in
August* The paper, which is to be served
on Attorney-General O’Connor will be in
the form of a petition, signed by some
private citizens asking the attornoy-gen
i eral to institute action, and of course, if
i the attorney-general refuses, action can
j be brought in the name of the private
citizen himself. No steps have been
taken as yet in regard to unseating the
I hold-over senators.
i COLUMBUS DAY.
———
Great Interest Taken in the Approach
ing Celebration.
The approaching celebration of Colum
bus Day by the 13,000,000 pupils in
American public schools, is attracting
general attention. From prominent ed
ucators, from eminent statesmen in high
places and from the humblest citizens
come words of commendation. It appeals
to all classes and conditions became it
touches the institution which is closest to
the people, most representative of the
people and fullest of Hop'- for the future.
Several thousand American newspapers
have championed the movement. A
bill recently passed congress authorizing
and instructing President Harrison to is
sue a proclamation making Columbus Day,
October 21st, a general holiday, and rec
ommending to the people a fitting ob
servance of this 400th anniversary of
America’s discovery,in all their localities;
in their school houses and other places
of assembly. Speaker Crip, when asked
a few days ago, “what do you think of
the movement for a national celebration
of Columbus Day,” replied: “The idea
of giving the general celebration of Co
lumbus Day into the hands of the public
schools impresses me very favorably. The
public school is certainly the most char
acteristic product of the 400 years of
American life. The public school stands
for the spirit of enlightenment which has
been the mark of life in this country.
The public school may have its defects,
but take it all in all, it is a superb
thing.
THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH.
Progress and Improvement Recorded
for the Past Week.
In its review of the industrial situation in
the South during the past week, The Chatta
nooga Tradesman states that its reoorts re
ceived tumi correspondents at all important
points in the Southern States, are to the effoct
that much attention is directed to the condi
tion and prospects of the new crop of cotton.
In the northern portion of the cotton area the
reports are to the effect that a backward plant
ing time, heavy rams which prevented cultiva-'
tion, and, in the river valleys the recent exten
sive ovei flows will cause the making of a great
ly decreased crop. The hot weather which has
generally prevailed during the week is doing
good, hut has come too late to be of much holp
in many sections.
In the southern manufacturing, mining and
iron producing centers it iH reported that there
is no change in the steady demand for and no
special increase in the output. There is a
marked increase in the demand for machinery
in every part of the southern states. ,
Forty-two now industries are reported as es
tablished or incorporated during the week, to
gether with tour enlargements of manufacto
ries, and 16 important new buildings. Among
the new industries reported area & 100,000 brick
and tile company at Charlotte, N. t), and one
at Augusta, Ga., a $500,000 compress company
at Little Rock, Ark., a SIOO,OOO development
company, and one with $50,000 capital at Cov
ington, Ky., an electrical company with $150,-
000 capital at L Ky., and others at
Kis-immee, Fla., and Caldwell, Tex. A paving
company with SIOO,OOO capital is reported at
Vicksburg, Miss., paint works at Memphis,
Tenn., powder works at Covington, Ky., a
4-300.000 sugar refinery at Iberville, La., and a
tannery at San Angelo, Tex.
i he textile plants of the week include cotton
mills at Chapel Hill, and Durham, N- 0.,
Itidgeda e, Tenn., a ticking mill at Charlotte,
N. C., a $500,000 carpet mill at Wheeling, W.
Va., and a $40,000 cotton and woolen mill at
Marble Falls, Tex. A $50,000 tobacco factory
is being organiz and at Mayfield, Kv., lumber
mills are to be built at ABndown, Ark., Dur
ham, N. C., and Tyler, Tex., furniture facto
ries at Cullman, Aia., and Brunson, S. C., and
saw mills at Thomson, Ga., and Cumberland
City, Tenn.
S\ nicr works are to be built at Alexandria,
La.. Shelbyville, and Harrimati, Tenn., and
Caldwell and Ralestitie, Texas.
Tile cotton mills at Trenton, Tenn.. a|i to be
en arged as are tbe lumber mills at New Borne,
>,N. Cl and Wheeling, W. Va.
Athong the new buildings of the week ae
business hpnsi sat Ocala, Fla. Van jiurett, Ark.
and ItJanoke, Va., churches at D< c*uir, Ala.i
. and Oxtofd, N. C..,u sso.ooJ%>llcge biiil ingf
a Atlantsf, Ga-, fluff oilier.- at'Newp kt, Kv ,
J%e>4&ro, Ark..*and Greenville, Ala , V 810,-
000 di pot at Alihn, T-nn , and a goverum lit
building at Tallahassee, F.a,
REVIEW.
►Dun & C'o.% Report of Business for'tlie
*- . tyst Week. ' N * *
-'t G. Dun & y&.’j review qL
trade says: ' The extreme not weather
for Hie entire week has checked many
kinds of business, but has not prevented
considerable excess in tbe volume of
trade over that of last year. At the same
time tbe wea her has been extremely fa
vorable for growing crops, except in the
limited districts where damage has been
done by violent storms, and the crop
outlook is decidedly improving.
great interruption of the iron and
iSteel manufactuies at the west continues,
but there are distinct signs of a favorable
settlement. Finished products of iron
and steel ar ; stronger—s3 to $5 higher,
but great demora ization is expected in
pig iron unless mire of the consuming
works start speedily. Bar and sheet irou
are very active, and the manufacturers of
plate a ui stiuctural irou have more orders
t ian they can well handle, but no im
provement is seen in raiis.
Boot and shoe shops are running full
of bnsines-q ami shipments exceed last
year’s every week; being for the year,
thus far, 2,050.000 cast s, against 1.967,-
000 to date last year. The shipments of
hides from Chicago have been 110,000,-
000, aaainst 97,000,000 pounds last year.
At Baltimore the hot weather ictards
much trade, though in drv goods and
boots and shoes and furnishing gi ods it
exceeds last year’s. At Pittsburg the
products of steel and iron grow stronger.
A little improvement appears at Memphis
and Little Rock.
Trade is dull at New Orleans, though
the prospects are bright there, and at
Savannah the receipts of cotton are light
and the exports are slightly more than
last year, but the sales of plantation
stock for the week exceeds the sales of
tangible and visible cotton about ten to
aue, aggregating 7,000 000 bales.
The busine-s failures occurring
throughout the couutiy during the last
week, as reported to R. G. Dun & Cos.,
number for tbe United States 171.
OIL ON FIRE.
Lightning Sets Fire to Tanks in the
Pennsylvania Oil Fields.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch of Thurs
day says: During the prevalence ot the
thunder storm which swept over the
southwestern oil field Wednesday after
noon, lightning struck tank No. 17 of
the Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Line
company, six miles from Washington.
The tank contained 37,000 barrels of oil,
and when it burst the burning fluid
spread to twenty tanks in the vicinity
and soon all were afire. The heat wa3 so
intense that trains could not approach
within au eighth of a mile of the scene.
The loss is not known, but it is thought
to be very heavy.
After John Chinaman.
A dispatch of Thursday from Bois
City, Idaho, says: The police have or
dered all the Japinese residents to leave
town immediately. At Nampa the
Chinese were ordered to leave, aud they
departed on the first train. A number
of Japanese escaped .rom the smallpox
camp at Nampa aud flocked to Bois City,
but they were soon sent out of town.
Much uneasiness is felt that the smallpox
will spread to the city.
At Linden, a suburb of Hanover, Ger
many, some workmen peered a passing squad
of recruits, whereup m the Sergeant in
charge ordered the men to charge with fixed
bayonets. Many persons were severely
injured.
NO. 23.
IT IS GOY. JONES.*
Alabama’s Gubernatorial Vote of Mon
day So Decides.
THE END OF THE BITTEREST POLITICAL
STRUGGLE EVER KNOWN IN THE
STATE’S HISTORY.
The bitterest political struggle ever
known in Alabama closed Monday and
the returns received so far coming from
the towns and cities indicate the election
of Governor Jones by a majority ranging
from sixty thousand to seventy thousand.
Kolb’s strength is expected from the
country beats which are out of the way
and hard to reach. When they report
lit is generally believed that Governor
Jones’s majority will be reduced and
that it will finally settled down to be
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tween zv,vvv aim
PASSED OFF QUIETLY.
No serious trouble is reported from any
section of the state, and the only inci
dent which threatened trouble occurred
in Selma. A prominent Kolb man named
Mcllwain took up a position at a box to
keep a private tally sheet during the day.
He persisted in the effort all day, and
when the polls were closed a number of
Jones men surrounded Mcllwain and
took away from him the tally sheet he
had been keeping. At first, it seemed
that there would be trouble; but the
matter was quieted dowu without any
violence.
Later returns carry out first indica
tions. The counties of Mobile, Calhoun,
Jefferson, Montgomery, Dala, Dallas,
Russel, Barbour, Sumter, Bullock, Talla
dega, Walker, Lauderdale, Perry,
Lowndes, Wilcox and Marengo show
nearly 35,000 niujarity for the democra
tic ticket. Indications are,that hot over
fifteen out of the sixty in the
state will give Kolb a majority, and not
one of them will exceed 1,000. The
legislature will be overwhelmingly
straight democratic. Negroes in
great numbers the open democratic tlck
etsA In many cases they were actual
workers at the polls. This was <|peci
cally the case in Birmingham. The ex
pectation was that the opposition vote
would be the largest in years, but the re
sults do not show that this expectation
r was realized. A Conservative estimate
places Governor Jone’s majority’ at not
less than 50.000
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES,
Executive and Campaign, as Announced
by Chairman Harrity.
After several bays’ deliberation and
conference with Calvin S. Brice, William
C. Whitney and Gov. James E. Camp
bell, Chairman Harrity, .of the demo
cratic national committee, announced,
Friday afternoon, the national executive
and campaign committees. They are as
follows:
Executive Committee—M. F. Tarpey,
California; Charles 8. Thomas, Colorada;
Carlos French, Connecticut; Samuel Past
coe, Florida; Clark Howell, Georgia; J.
J. Richardson, Iowa; Charles W. Blair,
Kansas; Thomas W. Sherlev, Kentucky;
James Jeffries, Louisiana; Arthur Bew
ail, Maine; Arthur P. Gorman, Mary
land; Daniel J. Campas, Michigan;
Michael Dore, Minnesota; Charles B.
Howry, Mississippi; John G. Pra
ther, Missouri; Aivah W. Sulloway, New
Hampshire; Miles Ross, New Jersey;
William F. Sheehan, New York; M.
W. Ransom, Nortn Carolina; Calvin S.
Brice, Ohio; Samuel R. Hovey, Rhode
Island; Holmes Cummings, Tennessee;
C. T. Holt, Texas; Bradley B. Smalley,
Vermont; Basil B. Gordon, Virginia;
William F. Harrity, of Pennsylvania,
chairman ex officio; S. P. Sheerin, sec
retary ex-officio.
The following compose the campaign
committee: Calvin S. Brice, Ohio; A.
P. Gorman, Maryland; William F. Shee
han, New York; B. B. Smalley, Ver
mont; M. W. Ransom, North Carolina;
B. T. Cable, Illinois; E. C. Wall, Wis
consin; Josiah Quincy, Massachusetts-
W. F. Harrity, Pennsylvania.
CONDEMNING THE PINKERTONS
Railroad Men Pass Resolutions Against
Their Employment.
Sunday, seven of the orders of railroad
employes of New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Delaware met at Wilkes
birre, Fa., in general convention t© dis
cuss the benefit and advisability of com
ing under one bead . The societies are
the Railroad Conductors, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Switchers’ Mu
tual Aid Society, Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, Order of Railroad Te
legraphers and ladies’ auxiliary. In the
afternoon a mass meeting was held at
tended by 5,000 non-brotherhood men.
Addrei-ses were made by prominent mem
bers of the various branches.
Grand Master Workman of the Knights
of Labor T. V. Powderly spoke vigor
ously of the outrages of the Pinkertons
at Homestead and submitted the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we resrard the interfer
ence of the Pinkertons in the labor dou
bles as unpatriotic and un-American. We
have confidence in the power of the law
to keep the peace and, therefore, demand
the abolit’on by law of the practice of
throwing standing armies of irresponsible
men aiound mills and factories and upon
our railroads in times of labor disputes.
Bergman's Trial.
Alexander Bergman, the anarchist, who
attempted to assassinate H. C. Frtck, whs
■given a hearing in the pohee office of the
jail at Pittsburg, Pa., Friday afternoon
and held for trial at the September eee
sion in $24,000 bail.
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