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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES. VOL. VI. THE ALLIANCE. A BRIEF SKETCH OF THIS WON DERFUL ORGANIZA TION STARTING TEN YEARS AGO WITH A HAND FUL OF MEMBERS ITS RANKS NOW NUM BER TWO MILLION MEN. The origin and cause of the Farmers’ Alliance and of all kindred orders, may be written down in one word, monofoi.y. The only good that monopoly ever does is that, when it may no longer be borne, it arouses the people and forces them te assert their rights and teaches them by sore experience to cherish and hold fast to their privileges. Even in 1801 Abra ham Lincoln recognized the impending peril to the laboring classes. In “I his bid mes- the sage to congress he said: laboring people beware of surrendering a power which they already possess, and which, when surrendered, will surely be used to close t hr door of advancement to •such as thev, and fix new disabilities and burdens upon them, until all of lib erty shall be lost.” This peril increased with the growing power of capital until a moneyed tyranny ruled the country :bonds and bullion in Wall street, a tariff con ceived in iniquity for protecting the rich by defrauding the poor, and and organized capitalists bines in trusts, products pools agricul- com controlling all regulating prices tural and natural, and to suit their thirst for dividends. It was such a condition of affairs that led to the fomatiou of Farmers’ Alliance. ORIGIN of THE ALLIANCE. The Alliance was first known by this uame in Lampassos county, Texas, where it originated in 1875. But this organiza tion fell into the bauds of designing poli ticians, and perished in a single year. old But W. T. Baggett, a member of the Alliance from Coryell county, moved to Parker county, Texas, and there, in the town of PoolvilLe, on July 29, 1879, re founded the Alliance. Say the historians of the Alliance, Messrs. Garvin and Daws: “Among the. early members of this first Alliance w'ere J. N. Montgomery, John \Y. Sullivan, I. T. Reeves, Jeff. Womack, George W. McKibbins and little did they dream of the valuable service they were about to render their country, aud of the many households that have been made to rejoice, who, perhaps, prior to this time, could not derive any pleasure from their hard labor.” LOFTY OBJECT OF THE ORDER. In the eariy organization at Poolville, de the object of the order was clared to be “the general good dec- of the producing masses.” The laration of principles the was second the and same as it is to-day, except sev enth declarations, which were added af terwards. The following is the world famous “DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.” 1. To labor for tlie education of the ^-Agricultural classes, in the science of eco nomical government, in a strickly non partisan «jf»irit. endorse the motto, “In things 2. To essential,unity;and in ail things,charity.” mentally, 3. To develop a better state, morally, socially and financially. understanding for 4. To create a better sustaining civil officers in maintaining law and order. 5. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all man kind and brotherly love among ourselves. t>. To suppress personal, local, sectional and national prejudices; all unhealthful rivalry and all selfish ambition. T. - The brightest jewels which it garners ■arc the tears of widows and orphans, aud its imperative commands are to visit the homes where lacerated hearts are bleed ing, to assuage rile sufferings of a brother or a sister; bury the dead; care for the widows and educate the or phans ; to exercise chanty towards offenders; to construe words and deeds in their most favorable light, granting honesty of purpose and good in tentions to others; and to protect the principle of the Alliance unto death. Its taws are reason and equity, its cardinal doctrines inspire purity of thought and life, and its intentions are “pence on earth and good will towards men.” ITS WONDERFUL GROWTH. The Alliance has had a wonderful growth. From the little struggling in or I' wim inn in Texas, it has become, ten years, the greatest order the world has vet see*, Never in history lias there been such s. fraternizing among men. Its object has been partially accomplished. order It is the perennial purpose of the •fLfir it gives renewed life, and as lone- a* oppression exists, the principles cherished by the Alliance will live to aid men m guarding their rights and enjoying the fruits of their labor. union with rnr, wheel. x.- Meridian. Mass., on May 5th, 1888. the Agricultural Wheel, and the National Alliaaee held a convention with a view to a consolidation of the orders. A con solidation was agreed upon and sub mitted to the order for ratification. When three-fourths of the state orders had ratified the constitution, it was de clared by President Mat une of the Aa tional Alliance, and President Isaac Mc sOacken, of the Wheel, adopted: and the two orders became one, under the name -of -The National Farmer.-' Alliance and industrial Union,” with Evans Jones as president. This consolidation took place in the fall of 1889. the wheel. The Agricultural W heel was organized The February' 15, order 1882, iu Arkansas, of akin obiect of this was, course, •to that of the Farmers'* Alliance, and its growth was also marvelous. On Feb ruary 15th. 1882. it had ‘even members. On February 15. 1887. five years later, it had a membership of 500,000. The con solidation of these two great orders BLACKSHEAR, GA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1890. swells the number into two millions of men, all working toward one end, with one goal and one object in view, ‘'the g "lend <rood.” FARMERS NOTIFIED TO SEND IN TllEIR ORDERS FOR COTTON BAGGING For t ill; season OF 1890. The follow ing request to the farmers of Georgia has been sent out by Hon. \V. ,1. Northern chairman of the committee on on cotton bagging: "At the session of the Georgia Slate Alliance, held at Macon last August, the committee on cotton bagging was continued, with instructions to provide a sufficient supply of cotton bagging for the crop of the coming sea son. As soon thereafter, as an expres sion could be received from the different Alliances throughout the the state, called endorsing this action, committee was to gether for the purpose of making suitable arrangements for the manufacture of standard cotton bugging, since that time, the national convention at St. Louis adopted cotton bagging and urged as the cov ering for the next crop its gen eral use by lb- members of tlie National Alliance. I am now prepared to who report that manufacturers in this state, un dertook tin’ supply of cotton bagging the past season will supply farmers with standard cotton bagging to be 44 inches wide and to weigh no less than 12 ounces. The manufac ture will not be commenced until the mills have received sufficient orders to justify Orders-will the necessary changes of machinery. not be accepted unless accomplished by a sufficient and satisfactory guarantee for pay ment, cither in cash or negotiable paper, Orders may be addressed to West Point Mills at West Point, On.. Crown Mills at Dalton, Ga., or Sibley Mills at Augusta, Ga. The Sibley Mills will supply the necessary amount of bagging for long staple cotton, I am advised that the Co operative Manufacturing eoiiipam , ot !)<• Kalb county, Ga.. John 1,. Magune, gen eral manager, will fill orders for cotton bagging made at the nulls of the com puny on 4ellow river. Prices will be named ns orders are received. I he ofli errs of each county Alliance are requested to make these l'aeti known at once to tl.r members of their organizations and urge prompt and proper action. Delay on tin part of farmers gave much trouble ami made much confusion during the las. sea son. All this can be avoided bv ‘ im.m di ate action as herein advised.” HAWES CONFESSES THAT JOHN WYLY KIl.I.KI) MRS. II AWES AND THE CHILDREN. Dispatches from Birmingham, Ala., says Dick Iiawes has made a confession—a full, free and frank, clean breast ol the horrible triple murder for which he is to hang on the 28th. Hawes says that John Wiley, of Atlanta, Ga., killedMrs. Hawes, May and Irene. The confession was made Friday night between -fix and seven o'clock to Mr. James Hawes and Sheriff Smith, and the the story related to them was a thrilling and .exciting one. THE CONFESSION. The following is the substauec of Hawes' confession: ‘•Well, I had been engaged to that lady in Columbus, and there never was sweeter woman. Em nia this wife; hi lromised me to go to her people in ( c ado, end I had given her the money, 1 was to put the two girls in the convent at .Mobile. Well, Thursday before I was married, Emma was to give me tlie children and go. On that day 1 went to the house, aud she not only refused to go, but refused to give me the children. I was to be married to a woman 1 loved the next Tuesday, and there was my wife. What was J to do? I was desperate. That day 1 met John Wyly, and, knowing Him well, told him mv trouble. I was in deep trouble, and he said he could get them all out of the way. Then I agreed to give him two hundred dollars to do it, and we parted. On Sat urday night I went to the house again and tried to beg Fnima to go away, but she refused to go. She and May and Irene were all in bed undressed, and I went away. On Monday I met John Wy lie near they’ll the clothing store, and he again.’ said: ‘Dick, never bother you He started to tell me all about it, and I told him not to do it. That night J went around by the home and it was all dark. Then I went to Fanny Bryant's home, and that was dark, too. Then I got on the train and went to Columbus and got married, ami that's all know. Immediately upon Haw es’ confession, tel - egrams were sent to Atlanta, asking Wyly's arrest. He was found and taken into custody. Upon being questioned he said that he knew nothing of the mat ter. and could prove that he had no con nection with it whatever. He was car ried to Birmingham Saturday. A DENIAL. When the train bearing AV yh reached Birmingham, there was a * the depot. He was hurriea imm enaieiv to the tail When asked if he wanted to see Havre* he said: Yes I do, and I want to see him quick.” When the two men were brought face to face, and to Wvlv's onestion demanding to know what Hawes meanl bv saving that he SmtSdl?deniS vu vk- , committed the crime Hawes em that he ever .said it. Then the two men Wgan quarreling, tlie sher- and th, ouarrel waaended ooiv when tT leil Wvlv impr.Won awav and locked him up. rue general is that Hawes ha m the storv simple to prolong his life, A TREMENDOUS DEAL. ENGLISH CAPITAL GOBBLES A GAS PLANT IS PHILADELPHIA. It is raid that a syndicate of Engli-1, capitalists has offered to pay $30,000,000 for the plant of the United Gas Improve ment Company of Philadelphia. The company control ga* trusts in fifty cities, CURRENT NEWS. CONDENSED FROM THE TELE GRAPH AND CARLE. THIX'GS that happen from day to day THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Ten thousand colored people in Canada Slave sent to the governor a loyal address. Another ballot for speaker was taken in the Iowa legislature Monday without re sult. A dinner was given Thursday night Ameri- at London to officers attached to the can squadron of evolution. The Paris Homier announces that the total government revenue for 1889 was |(ill,200.000. and total expenditures. $021,400,000. The American Ax and Edged Tool company was organized in Philadelphia Wednesday with a capital stock ol $4,700,000. and will employ 1,000 men. The Fort Scott and Wichita railroad has beeu sold to the Ciiion Trust com pany of New York for $0,400,742. B. II. Waggoner, representing the Missouri Pacific and Jav Gould, bid up to $5,000, 000. The supreme court of Pennsylvania has decided that the laws of the state prohibit hucksters and venders of every kind in the city of Philadelphia, and that the licenses granted by the local courts must lie revoked. Cashier W. E. Crawley, of the Farmers' bank at Sullivan, Inch, on Wednesday set fire to his barn and then cut his throat. Boys found the body after the barn was consumed. His accounts are relations reported to be all right and bis family pleasant. a dispatch from Nassau, N. JL, says: p] ie strike tit the Nassau Manufacturing serious company's works has assumed pro portions. j The weavers and spinners both K , 1(1 meetings and decided not to return to work A , Sully, 1.400 workers are ; ( p ( .. The indications are that the strike wi]1 boccme general, A , * .... tlo involving , . cla , • ", a I t ™ “ case a m , for $700 W0 l is being tried before ex V^Aept Cleveland « referee in New V- k cty. 1 he case is hat ot tin- Lung the city, claiming damages r “ ot the erection of a wharf ... front of thcif residence, and it has been pending thirteen years. The water has receded far enough to permit a the rough estimate flood of the damage City, done by recent at Oregon Ore. While much of the machinery in the mills is covered by sediment carried in by the current, it is impossible to ob tain a correct estimate of the damage, it ig thought $150,000 will cover the loss, Senator Schmidt, of Davenport, lias introduced a bill in the Iowa state senate to render privileged confidential com munications to editors, publishers and this re porters of newspapers. The effect of bill will be to place editors and reporters, when acting in a professional capacity, on the same footing as lawyers and clergy men. Students in Oporto, Portugal, on Fri day, made a demonstration in favor of the poet, Anthero (juental, president of the Northern Patriotic league. They be came riotous, and smashed the windows of the leading social club, because it had not expelled Englishmen belonging to it and had republican admitted others. Progressive and papers in Portugal con tinue to violently attack England. Exports of specie from the port of New York last week amounted to $851,040, of which $8,080 was in gold and $848,910 in silver: $1,800 in gold and $345,800 in silver went to Europe, and $1,730 in gold and $3,010 in silver went to South America. Imports of amounted specie at port of New York last week to $98, 927, of which $70,918 was gold and $28,000 was silver. John Fitzgerald, of National Lincoln, Neb., president of the Irish league, bus issued an address to that organization appealing for increased contributions for use in wliat he believes to be the closing iglit in Great Britain—the impending general parliamentary election. He an nounces tlie postponement of the national convention at Mr. Parnell’s suggestion, and calls a meeting of the national exec utive committee at St. Louis Wednesday, April 10th. Washington hall, a three-story build ing at Patterson, N. J., used as the arm ory of the First battalion National Guard of New Jersey, was destroyed by (ire Sat urday night. The loss will probably reach $300,000. The flames spread to a large three-story building adjoining, which footing was entirely $20,000 destroyed, entailing losses up to on a number of families living therein. The hall build ing and the board of trade rooms, with their valuable library, were completely destroyed. In the armory were 800 rifle- and accoutrements, all belonging to tie rt ate, and these, together with a Gatling s’"h were " er destroyed ' - AN EXPRESS ROBBERY. — the MONET clerk of the company skip* w m, $35,000. - A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., says The Pacific Express company lias been robbed by its money clerk at Dallas. Tex.. of a package of bill* containing $35,000. The money was part of a remittance of $50,000 from the City National (Bank of Dallas to the Commercial bank of Ft. Louis. Fifteen thousand dollars was gold coin and was in a sack, was receipted for separately mention‘was and made was delivered all Walton right. No by Clerk on his waybills of the $35,000 package 0 f bills. This transaction was made last Saturday. Walton disappeared Sunday. A FEARFUL PLUNGE. A BRIDGE GIVES WAT, 1*U EC I PIT ATT XU A TRAIN INTO THE RIVER. A dispatch from Peoria, 111., says: Tuesday night, ns a freight train started over the bridge spanning the river at Bridge .function, the first span of iron bridge sank, precipitating the engine, tender and three cars into the river. Three men were in the cab. O'Brien Engineer William Neville, Fireman and Head Brakeman B. M. Lewis, of the Ur bane. The fireman and brakeman were buried under the engine in eight feet of water, and the engineer was pinned in the cab with his head just above t lie wa ter. He was but standing fastened on the such dead body of a fireman, in a way that before he could be extricated, died of exposure. The engine was one of the heaviest made, weighing one hundred tons. ANOTHER ONE. Owing to heavy rains and washouts in west of Dallas, Oregon, and also the Willinmette valley, there has been no tel egraphio communication with Portland, Ore., or with other points on Puget sound since Monday morning. * construction A telegram train from Dallas states that a went through a bridge sixty eight feet high on Sunday. The engine passed over safely, but the tender fell on the caboose, and killed ten men and injured sixteen. A train with three doctors left for the scene of the accident, which oc curred about a mile and a half west of Cascade locks. The bridge was rendered unsafe by the heavy rains of late. RAILROAD WRECKS. CARS DEMOLISHED AN1) A NUMBER OF PEO PLE KILLED OR INJURED. A special from Coniicllsville, Pa., says: A through mail train from Baltimore, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, ran into a mountain of snow three miles east of Ohio Pyle, Saturday evening. The en gine and combination postal and baggage ear went over the bank into the river, the sm ok ing far followed half way. The en gineer, fireman and baggage master were seriously but not fatally burl. Several pas sengers were more or less injured, one will die... .Another accident railroad is reported Big on the Chesapeake and Ohio at Pen Tunnel, between Hinton and Lowell, W. Vu. A freight train, which was ap preaching a signal station, ran into n ■.witch which had been left open, Before the engineer could reverse his engine, it had crashed into the signal and pushed the station into New river, snd then plunged in after it. The tender followed the engine. In the station was a tele graph operator. He, the the engineer river and and firemen, were carried into drowned. The freight ears were piled up all over the track . A dispatch Saturday from Little Hock, Ark., says: Early morning, at Dennott, an engine attached to a train of freight ears, ran into a ear loaded with rails, causing a most frightful wreck. Tlire:* men employed in building the road were instant lx killed and others seriously injured. .1. .1 Castner, conduc tor, was arrested, charged with criminal carelessness. A MINE HORROR. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MINERS KILLED IN A COLLIERY EXPLOSION. News comes from London that an ex plosion occurred Thursday in a colliery at Abersheun, Monmouthshire, ten miles northwest of Newport. Three hundred miners were imprisoned, and for several hours no communication could be had with them. and An of opening them was had finally effected, 200 been rescued. A number of those taken out are severely injured. The cause of the explosion was the flooding of pits adja cent to that in which the explosion oc curred. By the Hooding of those pilx gas was dislodged and forced into the pit where work was in progress, and there it was ignited and exploded. There must have been a great quantity of gas, as the explosion heard had distance tremendous mile. force All and was at a of a gear ing in the shaft was thrown into the air, as if from the mouth of a volcano, and simultaneously a vast bright volume of fiatue shot upward, followed by a dense, heavy column i<fsmoke. Upon tin- first appearance of diminution in the volume of smoke, rescuers went down the main shaft and reached the scene of the catas trophe. They rescued a large number of miners yet alive, but all very badly burned, and they brought out sixty dead bodies, nearly all so mutilated that recog nition of their identity is impossible. The latest estimate of dead is 150. LAID TO RE8T. TBS REMAINS OF MRS. AND MISS TRACY CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB. The pr ,, tt llifjU , ri ,. east room of the executive „ mansion : ,i... tn scene ox so many rn , nv varied spectacles of brilliant ceremony or was on V ednesday devoted to the gadly contrasted and solemnly im pressive purpose of the funenu. The services over the remains of the wife and daughter of the secretary of the navy were appointed the for 11 o’clock, but long before iour the cast room was crowded with peop.e iron- of paying the last tribute to their departed friends. It was distinguished gathering, and in eluded nearly everybody of prominence in W aahmgton. Aft r the services, which were very impressive, the bodies v.<-rc r - moved to the hearse, and the funeral pro cession wax formed, the cortege moving slowly to Bock Creek cemetery, where the bodies were placed in the receiving vault to await Secretary Tracy* determination regard to their nennauent resting place, Secretary Tracy did not go to tie eeme <*rr, as it was hi* feared the task might prove too much for strength. 801111 KILN NOTES. INTEREST]Mi XHWS FROM ALL POINTS JN THE SOUTH. GENERAL PROGRESS AND OCCURRENCES WHICH ARE HAPPENING BELOW MA SON'S and dixon's line. Sam Dill, colt red, w as hanged at Jack sonville. JjAln., Friday for the inurdct of Joe Sinilh. colored, last August. The Alliance of Morgan county, Ala llama, desires that a good lanyard be c* tahlislied in that county, aud promises its support. A bill passed the Virginia legislature fresh which provides for the inspection of meats slaughtered over one hundred miles from w here it is offered for sale. There is war between oystermon on Ocrueokc island, North Cnroliuu, aud t.h< sheriff of Hyde, county has written Gov ernor Fowlc in regard to the trouble. Cotton in Augusta, Ga., on Friday reached the highest price of the season 10 9-10c for middling. The mills, ex hand. pecting lower prices, have small stocks on There will be two bangings at Bir mingham, Ala., this month. The first is that of Gilbert Lowe, colored, on the 21st inst., aud the second tliatof Dick Hawes, on tlie 28th. Much interest has been excited in Hop kinsville, Ky., concerning a colored child only three monts old, who can talk dis tinctly, and could pronounce many words w hen only three weeks old. An appeal has been received in Rich inond, Va., signed by 350 citizens of Granville county, which says the farmers are suffering for the necessaries of life, owing to a failure of crops. A lire at Pensacola, Flu., on Wednes day, nearly destroyed the Gontineutal lio tel. The amount of Insurance on the building is $35,000. The insurance upon the furniture, is $15,000. The melon growers of west Florida have perfected an organization known as the Melon Growers’ Association of West Florida. Mr. I). O. (truss, of luwood, was elected permanent secretary. Five hundred miners are out on astrike at John A Adger's slopes of the Blue creek, Ala,, mines, twenty-four miles from ties Biriuinglmiii. and The miners w ant, the props, and rails taken to the rooms headings. An attempt was made Saturday by the Southern Express company’s detectives to arrest the noted outlaw. Rube Burrows, whom they had located near Milton, Fla. and Burrows learned of their presence made good his escape. The Dallas, Texas, courthouse, with nearly all its contents, was burned Hatur day. District and county clerks’ records and contents of the county treasurer's of flee were saved in fire proof vaults, Tlie loss is estimated at $00,000; insurance $40,000. William Thornton Blucticld, of Hick man county, Tenn., claims to be 127 years old, aud In- has records and linen ments w hich go far to sustain his claim. James Guxton, of Baton Rouge, let., a grandson of Mr. Biuetleld, died last year it the age of seventy-six. Tin- supreme court of Alabama lias ren ilorcd a decision in the case against Yel lowstone Kit, charged with running a lottery. The decision is very lengthy and reverses tin* judgement of the court and discharges Yellowstone Kit from further prosecution under the present indictment. lion. Primus W. Jones, of Baker county, Ga., the extensive cotton planter and "first bale" man, died at Atlanta, (la., on Saturday. Mr, Jones served two terms in the. Georgia legislature, and had the reputation of being one of the most advanced fanners in the state. A meeting of the manufacturers of yel low'pine lumber of Georgia was held at the chamber of commerce at Atlanta, on Saturday. Nearly all of the larger mills whose product is -hipped by all rail to northern and western points were repn - sented. The purpose for which the meet ing was called was primarily to regulate inspection, to agree upon sales on a mill basis, and to secure for the railroads sueh changes in the present method of ship incuts as would corrtit existing annoy auees and delays in transportation. Now that the Supreme Court of Ala biiina has refused the application of Dick Hawes’ counsel for a rehearing, both the have noted prisoner all and hopes. his counsel As matter seem |o of given up a a form his counsel will make application his to the governor for a commutation of sentence to life imprisonment, but with little hope of success. Hawes himself lias abandoned all hope, and ha-, for th first time since his long imprisonment, shown evidence of repentance. Hawes lias given it out that lie want- to lie buried in Atlanta, Ga., whither his laid) will doubtless be sent. ALL DROWNED. AN ENTIRE FAMILY OF SIX PERSONS find A W ATEKY GRAVE. The four children of Jacob R. Slate! were s katiug on the lake at Benm-w ter, about six miles from Kingston, N. Y., Sundav afternoon, when the ice, which was but a few inches thick, gave, way, aud tlie little ones were precipitated heard into by the water. Their shouts were the members of the family, who lived near by, and the father and mother rushed to the rescue. By the time the parmts readied tlie lake, the children had disappeared beneath the ice. The mother, frantic with the thought ol the children’s peril, rushed upon the ice, which gave way beneath her weight, and she sank below the surface. Mr. Slater then attempted to reach bis wife, and he, too, was drowned. The entirt, family i* wiped out of existence. NO 19 AMATEUR THIEVES. BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, II A* AN ORGANIZED BAND OF JUVENILE ROBBERS. Quire a sensation was created in Bruns wick. Ga., Saturday by the discovery that a number of boys, members organized of good fam iliis, were members of an gang of thieves, banded together for tie pur pose of robbing and committing other crimes of like character. The boys were organized thoroughly, with a president, directors. secretary, treasurer and 1 ><ifil'd of Their by-laws compels each member to turn over their profits from such raids to the secretary, who would see that they were profitably disposed of. Several rob beries have been traced to the gang. AT THE CAPITAL. WIIAT THE FIFTY FIRST CON GRESS IS DOING. APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON— MEASURES OF N ATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. There being a tacit understanding be tween the republicans aud democrats that no effort would 1 x* made for the trausactien of business on Wednesday fa majority of the members being absent in attendance al tin funeral of Mrs. aud Miss Tracv) the clerk was permitted to read the jour nal in its abridged form. On approval of the journal the house adjourned. A republican house caucus was called together Wednesday afternoon to con sider the new code of rules which was completed by the commiltee on rules dur ing the morning. The caucus was called together immediately after adjournment by Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, chairman. The reason for the call was stated, and each member present was furnished, in confidence, w ith a copy of the new code. The session was a long one, and the most inviolable secrecy in regard to the pro ceedings was preserved, an I every effort the was made to prevent tlie action of caucus becoming public. There was scarcely lime for the. ployes to throw open the door and secure, a change of air in the hall ot the house, Wednesday night, after the republican cnuciiH ad journed before the democratic their members began to tile in to attend fiiucns. The only subject discussed was the new code of rules. The democrats were at a disadvantage, in that the mem bers were not supplied with copies as tint republicans were, so Mr Carlisle was ibliged to read and explain from his pri vate copy, Naturally this was slow work, and most of tlie session of the caucus was consumed in this way. There was little discussion. Now and then -Him member would be loud with indig nation and e •xpress himself forcibly us l some particular obnoxious rule was rein and its effects pointed Thurrday out. the house In the senate on bill granting the use of certain lands to tin' *itv of SI. Augustine, Fla., for a pub lic park was taken up and passed. r The _ bill to provide a of temporary Oklahoma government taken for the territory was The bill was discussed until 2 o < lock, when it went over. The Blair education bill came up, and Mr. Blair re sumed Ilis speech, After speaking for two hours, Mr. Bluir yielded the floor and will probably conclude his speech early next week. Though not formally presented in tin house, the majority and minority reports upon the new code of rule proposed and have been tiled with the journal clerk or dered printed The majority report, in great detail, explains the difference be tween the proposed code and that pre viously ju force, but in most instances the explanation is unaccompanied by any ar gument . NOTES. A bill was reported to the house on Thursday appropriating $100,000 for a public biiildingjit Columbus, Ga. * The confirmation of the Samoan treuty by the I’nited States senate affords gen eral satisfaction in Berlin. The senate on Thursday confirmed tlie nomination of Blanche K. Bruce to lie re corder of deeds for the District of Co lumbia. The house committee on tin- world's fair met Wednesday morning and adopted the sub-committee's bill, with but one im [(ortant amendment the provision for all appropriation of $15,000,000 for the erection of buildings for government ex hilnts. Beeretary of the Navy Tracy continues to people improve called at slowly. the house Many during prominent Tues day morning aud were informed that the secretary was getting along nicely. The president sent over early in the morning to inquire after the secretary, and Private Secretary Halford called in person to consult with regard to the secretary’s re moval to the White House. The secretary of the treasury, on Wednesday, issued a second call on the national hauk depoeitcriea for a reduction of public balances held by them, to lie paid on or before March 1, 1890. The call is lor atxjut the same amount As the first call, except that banks having but small amounts to transfer have l»een asked for the full amount in order to close out the transaction TERRIBLE CLOUD-BURST by which one hundred chinamen WEBB DROWNED The Shanghai Mercury , of January 7tb, received by the steamer Rio Janeiro, Wednesday, gives an account of a great cloud-burst, near Nankin, China. Itsayl river, that the burst occurred in Yantgze near Nanking, at 10 a. m., and during the disturbance many boats were de stroyed and over a hundred people were drowned.