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CONGRESS IN SESSION.
The Daily Routine ol Botii Houses
Briefly Epitomized.
What Is Being Bone to Allay Flnan*
rial Depression ami Bring Relief.
1'ovkth Bat-Just after read
ing Wednesday ’« journal Senator Gor
man moved that when the senate ad
journed it be until Mondav, The rao
tion prevailed by a vote of 37 to l«.
Tiie negative votes in both cases were
given by republicans and the affirm
utive votes by democrats, reinforced
by senators from silver producing
states, led by Mitchell and Peffer.
Seventh Dav. —The senate reassem
bled at noon Monday with not more
than half the number of senators pres
ent. The house resolution providing
for the celebration of the anniversary
of the laying of the corner-stone of the
capitol passed. Senator Voorhees in
troduced his lull authorizing the issue
of national bank notes to the full value
of bonda deposited. It is accompanied
by a letter from Secretary Carlisle rec
ommending its passage os a measure of
immediate relief, aud saying it will add
nineteen million dollars to the circula
tion. Referred to finance committee.
The senate passed the house joint reso
lution for the payment of session em
ployes of the two houses at the present
session. Numerous petitions on the
silver question were presented and re
ferred, and one for the annexation of
the Hawaiian islands, the latter com
ing from tho San Francisco chamber
of commerce. The president sent to
tho senate the following nomina
tions: Edward C. Butler, of Mas
sachusetts, secretary of the
legation to Mexico; Otto H. Boyesen,
of North Dakota, United States consul
nt Gottenburg, Sweden ; Norborne T.
Robinson, of Louisiana, assistant so
licitor of the treasury. Senator Hill
introduced a resolution which lies on
the table declaring it the sense of the
senate that nothing but financial legis
lation shall be undertaken during the
present special session, Mr. Vest
called up tho resolution offered by
him last week in favor of bimet
allism and free and unlimited coin
age., both gold and silver, and ad
dressed the senate on the subject,
Eir.HTii Day. —In the Senate, Tues
day, Senator Gordon, of Georgia, in
troduced a bill to suspend for six
months the operation of the law taxing
notes of national state bunks 10 per
cent. He prefaced its reading with a
statement in which he claimed that
the passage of his bill, if not a paua
era for existing ills, would stop the
panic in fifteen days. The bill was
reared to the finance committee, Mr.
Vo<«~bees reported back from that
committee the bill introduced by him
Monday to enable national banks to
issue currency to the amount of the
full par value of the bonds
deposited. Hi' expressed the hope
that the bill would now be
taken up ami passed practically with
out discussion. He met, however, an
opposing force in Mr. Cockrell, who
objected to immediate consideration
anil then proceeded to make an argu
ment against it as favoring national
banks to the disadvantage of state
banks. Mr. Voorhees said that as a
single objection caused his would bill to go
over till Wednesday, he now
give notice that he would call it up
Wednesday and move to put it on its
passage. The Lee Mantle case, in
volving the question of the right of
the governors of states to appoint
senators, under certain circumstances,
was then taken up, and Mr. Hunton,
of Virginia, addressed the senate in
support of Mantle’s right to the seat.
THE HOUSE.
Foxtrth Dav —In the house, Thurs
day, after the reading and approval
of Tuesday's journal, Bailey of Texas,
moved that the house take, a recess un
til one o’clock. On a viva voce vote
the motion was declared defeated.
Bailey then demanded a division, and
again it met with defeat, the vote
standing 76 to 127. On securing tel
ffi-rs he was more successful, and a
was taken by a vote of 126 to
firm Dav.-—T he pro and anti-silver
came to a line of procedure Thurs
,lav night, and upon their agreement,
immediately after the reading of the
journal in the house, Friday morning,
Mr. Wilson,of West Virginia, who had
been chosen by the president and Bec
-y retary Carlisle to represent the admin
istration in the contest, offered a bill
for the repeal of a part of the Sher
man act. It repeals the silver pur
chase section ami provides that “this
repeal shall not impair nor in any
manner affect the legal tender quality
of the standard silver dollars heretofore
coined; and the faith and credit of the
United States are hereby pledged to
maintain the parity of gold and silver
coin of the United States, at the pres
ent legal rate, or such other ratio as
mav be established by law. Air. Bland
then presented the agreement made
governing the course of debate. After
some little objection from the repub
licans an arrangement was effected
whereby a debate for fourteen days—
with night sessions if desired—was
I I provided for—votes to be taken on ra
tios varying from sixteen to one to
^Hiweniy to one, and an amendment re
viving the Bland act of 1878; the
daily sessions of the house to extend
from 11 o’clock a. m. until 5 o’clock
p. m. The immediate consideration
of both was asked for. An attempt to
S filibuster wns made, but the previous
question was put and adopted. Then
Air. Bland offered a free coinage bill
at sixteen to one ratio as a substitute
for Air. Wilson's bill, and debate was
declared iu order. Air. Raynor, of
era! debate, to last eleven days, began.
– IE
who has not been a member of the i
house ft week should attempt a speech
WHH n great surprise to every one, and
the members crowded about. He sur
prised the house more than any young j
m«u who hoa ever addressed it. His
At «* *<mlssbowe<l hit to be an orator
* ml 11 Kohokr ' For more than thirty ;
n, " mt <; 8 not 11 member left his seat,
anJ ," heu \ hftd e,mcln ' Ied ™R* n «
applause ^ went . r tip heeler, , rum oi every Alabama, part o |
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followed Mr. Pence m an able demand
for a greater volume of currency. It
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Hu... D*t.—B ut little iutereet «.s
manifested in the silver debate in the !
house Saturday. There was nothing
bnt speech making. As none of the
great orators of the house were to be
heard from the attendance was light.
The speakers wore Harter, of
Ohio; Hendricks, of New York; Bow
ers, of California, and llawlins, of
Utah.
Seventh Day.—W hen the house
met at eleven o'clock Monday morn- |
ing a large array of members were |
present. The speaker announced tho
followiug committee appointments: (chairman,)
Enrolled bills: Pearson,
Russell, (Ga.,) Latimer, Hines, Hager,
Adams and Gillett, (N. Y.) Account:
Busk, (chairman,) Paynter, Tate,
Mutchler, Ikert, Wells, Post, Wright,
(Mass.,) and Marvin. Mileage: Lynch,
(chairman,) Strait,Pendleton, (Texas,)
and Mahon. The silver debate was
resumed,Boatner making his initiative
speech in favor of free coinage. Hoi
man introduced a joint resolution mak
ing immediately available the appro- ;
priation for the mileage of senators l
andrepresentatives. Agreed to. the
silver debate was then resumed.
Eighth Day.--I n the house Dies
day. after approval of Monday s jour
rial, before a small attendance of mem
bers, Mr. Burrows offered a resolution
giving Chas. E. Belknap the right to
contest the seat of George F. Richard
son from the fifth district of Michigan.
Mr. Richardson, the sitting member,
asked that the resolution be laid over
nntil Wednesday and it was so order
ed. The silver debate was then re .
Burned, Mr. Hutcheson, of Texas, con
eluding his remarks began Monday Air. in
favor of the free coinage of silver.
Hutcheson was followed by Mr. Blanch
ard, of Louisiana, who spoke in favor
of free coinage.
TO MOVE THE STAPLE.
A Plan of the Atlanta Hanks to Pro
Tide the Currency.
The associated batiks of Atlanta,
Ga., will be asked to provide means
for moving the cotton crop of the im
mediate section, which will be on the
market iu the course of a few weeks.
The plan by- which it is proposed to
move the crop is to issue clearing
house certificates, which will answer
all the purpofiesof a local currency, pro
vided a sufficiency of currency should
not be on hand at that time in the
banks of Atlanta. It is very probable
that the banks will have currency.
At a meeting of the chamber of com
morce held Monday, a meeting at
wbieh nearly all the prominent busi
ness men of Atlanta were present, this
matter was carefully considered.
THE SCARE IS OVER
Anil Everylhlng Quiet iu Pensacola--A
Proclamation Issue).
A Pensacola special of Friday says:
The city is quiet and the panic has
coinpletly subsided. No new ease of
yellow fever or a suspicious case of any
description has been reported to the
board of health. Dr. Porter, president
of the state board of health, has taken
charge. Burgeon General Wyman at
Washington notified the citizens’ com
rnittee by wire Hint he would send
three yellow fever expert surgeons,
McGruder, Carter aiul Murry to inakt
thorough investigation.
YELLOW JACK AT BRUNSWICK,
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A Case Announced But (lie Doctors
Differ Concerning It.
A special of Saturday says : Yellow
fever has hit Brunswick. And Mayor
Lamb, of that city, makes the nu
nouncement to the world. So far lmt
one case has been detected, and that
UaB been ieolated and is being guarded
carefully by the authorities of that
city. The victim of the disease is the
United States surgeon who was sent to
Brunswick by the government and
who , has , been ...... that city for only , a ,
in
short while.
Mexlco ami Her Tariff.
Dispatches the from City of Mexico
states that import duties on for
eign corn, eornmeal and beans were
restored Tuesday, President Diaz !
judging that the cause for the suspen
sion of the duties has now ceased. The
toll gate duties in the federal district ;
on domestic eornmeal and beans were '
also restored. From this time for
ward beer and other fermentgil liquors 1
are liable on importation to the special
tax of 15 per cent in addition to the
regular import duties on the same
footing as foreign liquors obtained by
distillation. :
An Old Cannon Found.
John^Noff, Eight miles north of Greenville, 0„
on Sato.day, found . «►
bj’ftu’lndiaii.’luri'ng th“n>V«t‘li™
Fort Recovery to Greenville in 1791.
A derrick was used to extricate it from
a hole eleven feet deep. It is brass,
six feet long, loaded, and shoots si*,
pound balls.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL. !
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Hem#* Aiwa
An( j printed [ u Pointed and Hendn
Me Paragraphs.
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May Bros. – Co., wholesale dealers
Rml maunfaeturerB of clothing, at Gin
einnati, assigned Monday morning. The
aB8etB and liabilities are about $100,
000. j
Kelson Morris – Co.'s largo fertiliz- !
a^rdav . department at Chicago, burned
J morning “ jUlieated Unofficial esti
r'.S.SgSo. , “ a “ , hllt H
Uc A. It. Bee. L.iniW. I.
with yards and offices in South Chioa
go, assigned Monday morning to the
Equitable Trust Company. The as
sets are placed at $511,000 liabilities at
*250,000.
At a meeting of the associated banks
of Little Hock, Ark., Monday morn
ing it was decided to place certified
checks in circulation and limit the I
»mount which any depositor can witli
draw in one day to 820.
A special from St. Johns, N. B.,
says: Kev. G. L. Neill created consiil
erable excitement in his church Sun
day night by announcing that a cable
dispatch had been received to the ef
feet that Queen Victoria had been
stricken with paralysis.
The steamer Annie Faxon blew up
Monday morning at Wade’s bar, fotir
miles below Almota, Oregon, on the
Snake river. Six persons were killed
an ,j a number wounded, With the
exception of Engineer Brown the
names were not reported,
A ( ]j s]mtch o( Sunday from O’Neill,
HoH 0 , n , nt Nebraska, says that Bar
rett g ootti connty treasurer, has dis
appeared r and nu investigation of his
aoe oullt(i showB a Portage of about
$ (!0>000 It is thought Scott has gone
to Mexico.
«'’'>«* . , «• T ^ Coleman, , the ,, lung . ,,
iron
ot he Lebanon, Pa valley and a
millionaire ., several times over has
<'‘>>> *'**<1 judgment w favor of his
brother-in-law and one of hia attor
”L VN > ^egating 8306,500, which,
together w.th other liens previous y
hWl ‘ llK tUe to |2
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Surgeon General Wyman Saturday
morning received a telegram from
Passed Assistant Surgeon Magruder,
of the marine Pensacola, hospital service, sta
tioned at Fla., to the effect
that no new or suspicious eases of yel
low feVet have appeared there since the
two deaths already reported. Tho ex
citement is rapidly subsiding.
Springfield, Mo., had its fourth
bank failure in the hist, two months
Monday morning. It had a capital of
8166,000, and is one of the. strongest
and largest banks in the city and its
failure was a surprise. The St. Louis
and San Francisco Railway Company
generally had a large deposit there,
It is thought the bank will come out
all right, ;
A Chicago -dispatch of Saturday
B8 ys : The once famous wheat specu
Inter, B. P. Hutchinson (Old Hutch),
has sold his membership iu the Cliioa
g 0 board of trade. The check was is
sue j to the old gentleman twenty-six
years ago, and went at a very low
price. Hutchinson was nt one time
worth *8,006,000,accumulated in spec
ulation. The sale of his membership
is taken ns marking the final close of
his busy life.
At noon Monday a daring thief stole
a hag containing 816,666 in gold
which was lying at the window of the
receiving teller of the First National |
bank of Bt. Paul Minn. The bag had
been sent over to the clearing house
by the Merchants’ bank and was lying
just, inside of the receiving teller’s
window. An unknown man stepped
up to tho window,seized the bag,made
off with it and escaped before any sort
of pursuit could be organized.
The committee appointed by in Ban the
recent silver mass meeting
Francisco met Saturday night and
adopted resolutions declaring it to be
the design of the committee to confine
itself to a simple proposition to restore
the coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to
1, and inviting the people all over the
state, to hold mass meetings in the
various cities on August 24th and , to .
committees similiar to thisone
with a view to the comprehensive de
volopraent of the silver eentiraen o
state.
Jn the „ me conrt „f the District
of Coltnnbift Saturday suit was filed
for *50,000 for breach of promise
inat R ( . preaen tative William O.
p Breckinridge, of Kentucky, by
Madeline V. Pollard. Alins Pollard is
the woman to whom it was announced
he was engaged about tw'O months ago.
Just what effect the suit will have
upon Mr. Breckinridge’s standing in
the house, of course, is not known.
Members are not disposed to censure
him at present. They want the facts
before reaching a verdict.
A dispatch of Saturday from Harts
horn, I. T..states that election returns
from seventeen of the, nineteen coun
He* of Choctaw Nation,give the Locke
Jackson, or national party, a majori y
of fifteen, and the Jones, or progres
sivc party, in two counties. Jhe na
tionalists are jubilant, as they will
have a large majority to control the
next council, maintaining that their
^ Lean v, “ d ’ . ca *®f . It is
meas
a ft.
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Member • t n.
A cable dispatch of Sunday roI1J
St. Johns, N. F. states that the Lai
rador mail steamer reports having
spoken Peary’s steamer Faleonat Davis
ZB BIT LON, PIKE CO., GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1893.
sf 1 j
LVary had been engaged in visiting
!
ments to the north and then going
*° ^ soo > ftH ^e ,VB * c ® r t»iu to got dogs
there. His plan had been seriously
disarranged through the unexpected
delay.
Passengers who arrived nt Shrove
P‘*rt, La., over the hew Orleans Pa
rftilnmd at 10 south :10 <, hound clock Monday
reported that the ] ass jn
«® r ,°" t,1 " t *2
X" Mansfield ’ ° forty • miles below
u, « l ^ewoport. . TV The men boarded , ,1 the
ram at Mansfield Jimction, and wffien
cured. Only a .mall No attempt am,amt was of oaelj made ,,l to rob ao- j
the express or mail cars. It is thought
they were frightened off before finish
ing the job and made good their es
cape. ________ ....... _
nnTTmTTPTVKT SOUTHERN ITU*TIT NEWS Cl irTIPMO TEfflO.
uuulum Ul uu " u lu
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The Drift et Her Progress aiifl Pros
perity Briefly NoM
Happening* of Interest Portrayed in
Pilhy Paragraphs. j
A strongly represented meeting of
businessmen of Jackson, Miss.,Monday ;
evening endorsed the action of t lu>
Jackson banks. ;
I)r. Hutton, the surgeon in charge |
of the United States hospital at lie
troit, Mich., has been to Brunswick ordered by the J
government to go us a j
yellow fever expert. j
Following the assignment of Josiah
Morris – Co., of Montgomery, Satnr
day night, Messrs. J. B. Tremble –
Co., saving bankers, posted an of an
nouncement Monday morning the an
assignment to A. D. Sayre, for
benefit of their creditors.
Special telegrams of Monday from
Richmond, Va., announced the elec
tion of delegates to the gubernatorial
coliventioh as follows: Scott county,
Tyler 9, O’Ferral 6) Louisa county,
Tyler 10, O’Ferral 8; James Gity,
O’Ferral 2 j Northampton,O’Ferral 12.
Captain Charles P. Barrett, who is
under arrest at Spartanburg, S. C.,
for alleged complicity i» postal frauds,
Was given a preliminary hearing be
l'ote a United States commissioner and
committed to jail in default of *6,000
bond, pending the action of the grand
jury.
The First National bank of Gadsden,
Ala., suspended Saturday, owing to in
ability to make collections and gradual
withdrawals of deposits. The deposit
ora will be paid in full. Jhe announce
meut caused universal regret to the
citizens of Gadsden and that section
of the state
The Anchor line steamer Karamina,
which arrived at New York August 3d,
and w hich brought the first case of
cholera this season, wus released from
quarantine Monday morning and pro
ceeded to her dock. Since her deten
tion at quarantine she has been thor
ou ghly cleaned and disinfected.
si* -».
day, ordered quarantine againstBrpn-
25 S. LSS-” ortho
; VI either by the authorities
ty 'that The health department announ- in
ees similar action ' be taken re
gard , to other , el ns in w }
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Tho bank ol Leesburg, rla., lager
Bros., proprietors, made an assign
ment Monday. h la u 1 ies are
about 846,600 ami its asso s n y
*00,000. A steady w ithdrawal of d< -
posits during the past, ten days forced
it to shut down. Depositors win no
paid in lull but, it will take a year or
more to realize on assets.
A Savannah special of Monday says:
The Augusta and Savannah railroad
will be operated as a part of the main
stem of the division of the Central
railroad, with T. O. McNieley, super
intendent. The Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Rome and Columbus will hereafter
constitute a division, office at Griffin,
with W. A. Moore as superintendent.
Josiah Morris k Co., of Montgom
cry, Ala., the leading private banking
house of the state, made an assignment
late Saturday evening. It is due to the
continued withdrawal of deposits dur
ing the last sixty days and drafts made
in the meantime. It is stated that the
assets will easily realize largely more
than the liabilities. This is the gen
era! belief of those who arc acquainted
with the situation.
A Knoxville, Tenm, special of Sat
unlay says: General Kellnr Anderson
states that the situation at Goal Creek
is very exciting. It is reported that
three more miners were lynched at
Brieeville Saturday morning. General
Anderson saya that he has discovered
a plot by the miners to kill himself
and all the soldiers by ambushing
them when they appeared, alone, but
that precautions have been taken
against this.
The dispensary is blossoming in
Charleston. S. C., in great shape,
Meyers, the first man appointed, has
ordered his stock of cocktails and will
open a dispensary. Pletscher, the
Charleston hotel dispenser, will also
open, Monday M. AV. Powers, the
third man, filed his petition with 679 H.
names, and following him Charles
Steinmeyer will have lus petition b ed.
There are still six vacancies ami they
will all be filled as the freehold voters
of the city appear to approve of the
dispensary.
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will, die tilk'-s ' '
ke.j> n up witt. Ua
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
ai* * mma am m**
ne Tarim DM DM*
Yotcs of Interest Concerning I lie I’eo
pie ami Their tlenernl Welfare.
The president Tuesday sent to the
senate the nomination of Owen J. H.
Stammers to be United States attorney
f or the northern district of Florida,
The decision of the court of arbi
Nation in the Behring sea matter ap
pcaw ^ to give general satisfaction at
^ Rlul to the mem -
senate committee on for
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the committee on finance by a prao
ticolly _ unanimous vote luesduy morn
ing decided to report favorably the
bill introduced Monday; by; Mr.door
hh‘s, provuhng or the ibs mg <> tn
l ' U, '“T «<• to national banks-to the
par value of government bonds on de
P oslt to 6omire emulation.
Thc chairmanship of the committee
on foreign affairs in the fifty-second
congress, which was held by Mr. Blount,
of Georgia, is a very important tiul
desirable one. It is said the speaker
j B having considerable trouble in se
leeting a man, because of the number
of able statesmen who are willing to
try and fill the seat of the talented
Georgia,
Tllp fi nftnce committee of the senate,
„t a mooting Tuesday morning decided
p, hold daily sessions, beginning
Thursday, during which time they w ill
endeavor to reach some conclusion on
the silver question. Senator Voorhees
subsequently notified the senate of this
action and asked authority to sit dur
ing the session of the senate.
The indications at present are that
free coinage will be defeated in the
house by from thirty to fifty majority,
though a change is possible. In the
senate the free coinage men are in the
majority right now, blit several sena
tors are wavering under the pressure
from the administration and outside
sources, and the result there 1 b donbt
fill.
The senate finance committee will
report a bill allowing national banks
to issue currency to the par value of
their bonds on deposit. The leading
advocates of this bill express the opin
ion that the senate will pass it without
delayi Should it become a law it. will
add fifteen or sixteen million dollars
to the circulating currency of the
country.
An important bill was introduced
by Senator Voorhees in the senate
Monday morning. It will put into
almost immediate circulation nineteen
millions of dollars—good round ones
too—not anything The like bill the authorizes fifty-seven the
cent variety. issue to
national banks to currency up
the full amount. It has the written
endorsement of Secretary Carlisle and
will be passed by the senate immediate
l.V- The finance committee will report
favorably.
The superintendent of the Philadel
phis mint has received instructions
from Washington to push the small
gold and subsidiary silver coinage ns
g
I* tll(1 io ont . Advices of Mon
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stock of sma 1 gold com is getting de
l-l-’ted and the above order hole to hurry
the coinages to fill up the that
is being made. The. work will bo com
menoed at once and the eagle, half
eagles, silver halves aud quarters will
y, e BO on rolling out by the thousands
evcr y hour.
The publication of the details of the
i, rellc h „f promise suit filed against
BreckilirWe> of Kentucky, Satur
morning was the gossip of all
' ghington Sunday. Indeed it has
w
o( , ie(J wi( , attcn ti 0 n, even to the
( , x( ,i UH i 0 n of the financial question
yj r Brookenridge himself faces the
„ )K tter boldly. His fellow members arc
awaiting the results. Should the
charges made by Miss Pollard beprov
I'll, the Kentuckian will undoubtedly
be ostracised,notwithstanding bis long
and useful service as a member of con
gress. But his colleagues are disposed
to withhold a verdiotuntil he has made
a full answer,
Menatar Bill.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, intro
dimed a bill in the senate Tuesday
morning suspending the ten per cent
tax on state banks for six months, and
addressed the senate in behalf of it.
“J do not claim,” said the senator,
“that it is a panacea for all our ills,
\ lU i 1 believe it would stop the panic
in fifteen days. The city of Savannah
is the chief cotton point in our state,
Its banks require money to move the
cotton crop, this bili will enable one
Savannah bank to issue notes to the
amount of twenty per cent on its capital
stock, and the other six banks would
endorse it and six hundred thousand
dollars at least would he thrown into
that great cotton center, ibis would
be as good money as is in circulation
in the United States and would be ac
cepteil by iny people. Our banks are
now not able to even get their own
money. This temporary currency
will remove the embargo against our
own cotton crop. It would l J equal
to a ship load emptied into the state.
Chicago Orders Gold,
Chicago ordered $3,006,000 gold!
djrect {rom LoU(1(m Friday, and will
get the first installment Monday. The I
method is to buy New York exchange j
transfers *». on .......... New York. *f a™ The ««*“''!» result is j
that Chicago collects its Now ' !
balances via London, helps itself and j
helps New Ypyk at the same time.
THE ARBITRATION ENDS
Ami the Bell ring Hen Muddle Has
Been Decided.
A cable dispatch from Paris states
that the decision of the Behring Sea
Tribunal of Arbitration was handed
down at 11:07 o’clock Tuesday n%>rn
ing. The five points article of (I are de
cided against the United States. A
close season is established to begin
May 1 and to oontinlie until July 21.
This close season shall be observed
both in the North Pacific ocean and
in Behring Seu from August 1, The
use of firearms in sealing is prohib
ited.
The American arbitrators believe
that, the regulations decided upon by
the tribunal means practically the end
of pelagic sealing, and that they are
better terms than were heretofore of
fered to the United States by Great
Britain as ns a settlement of the ques
tions involved.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION DENIED.
A Washington special says: The
secretary of state has received cable
advices from 1’aris which, iu general
terms, confirms tho United Press bul
letin that the decision of the arbitra
tion tribunal, on all points involving
exclusive jurisdiction over the Behring
sea, has been rendered against the
United States, 'flint is to say, the
tribunal has decided:
1. That Russia did not assert and
exercise exclusive jurisdiction in Beh
ring sea aud iu the seal fisheries
therein prior to the cession of Alaska
to the United States.
2. That consequently Great rights Britain
never conceded any such to
Russia,
3. That Behring sea was not in
cluded in the phrase Pacific ocean as
Used in the treaty of 1825 between
Great Britain and Russia; aud
4. That, consequently, no exclusive
rights 6f jurisdiction over Behring sea
and Otcr the seal fisheries therein
passed to the United States with
Alaska under the treaty of 1867.
CONCESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES,
The inference is that it is under the
lust of the five points submitted to ar
bitration by article six of tho treaty
that the concessions ns to a close sea
son, a sixty-mile protected zone and
the prohibition of the use of fir earrns,
apply. The fifth point was the one on
which the greatest stress was laid in
the argument by the United States
counsel.
damaoes to he paid.
The Pall published Mali Gazette. Tuesday af
ternoon a dispatch from
Paris, Baying that on questions of fact
regarding the seizure of sealing vessels,
the decision of the tribunal wns in
favor of Great. Britain. The paper
adds that as a natural result of this
decision, the United States will give
Canadian sealers due compensation for
the seizures illegally made. The reg
ulations providing for a close season
ure very stringent. The proscription
of fire arms may be found a serious
disadvantage by the Canadian sealers.
THE DOCTORS CONDEMNED.
Citizens of Brunswick Indignant Over
the False Reported Yellow Fever.
The people of Brunswick, Go., who
sent their families away in the wild
and unnecessary panic that prevailed
amoi lg the timid Saturday and Sunday
have kicked themselves for their hasty
action anil rogret on all sides is heard
that such haste was taken. As the peo
ple realized this more fully their con
demnation and criticism of Drs. Dun
woody and H. M. Branham,cousin of the
sick man, increased and to such an ex
tent that a suggestion made by some
one that an indignation meeting be
held met with increased and general
favor. The people want to publicly
condemn Drs. Dnnwoody and Bran
ham for their action iu bringing Sur
geon Branliam to Brunswick while ill
With fever.
Facts have developed that place the
the blame in the minds of the public
on Dr. Dnnwoody, the health officer,
for bringing Surgeon Branham to
Brunswick. Captains Barney and
William Dart, of the steamer Pope
Catlin and other citizens of un
impeachable veracity state posi
tively that tho morning Dr.
Dunwoody brought Surgeon Bran
ham on their pleasure steamer,
sick with fever, they protested
against the aot, stating that the boat
was filled with pleasure-seekers and it
was wrong to menace their health even
if Surgeon Branhan only had malaria.
Ho was brought, however, and tha city
physician, through kiudnoss, opened
his doors to him and allowed his rela
tions to nurse him, not dreaming of
after result*.
jt^y^a^hTwilHa^offieial hia duty action to
atrainst « the Dhvsieiaus, as
,. j t . Mayor Lamb
* all tbe state fearless
k (jwn uver as a
oflicjll) nIK j [ 16 w ;n no t shrink his duty
j u this matter. He deplores tfiecir
j cmn8tarl0ee that make him feeling act, but
wj]1 not a jj ow personal interfere or
, . ^ for one to
(}|]t
Routing Desperadoes.
A special of Friday from Jackson,
Ala., says: The counties of Clarke,
Choctaw, Wilcox and Marengo an
stirred to the highest pitch at the
murderous doings of the notoxiom
Menchamitcs, and between four and
five hundred men are in Moaehnmbeal
for tbe avowed purpose of wiping on1
every member of the gang and aveng
ing the murderou* wrongs perpetrate!
upon the good people of th.o countiei
named.
Minister Blount Arrives.
the passengers on the steam
g»P £.”“h. . «**“%. Bw.vr» ^ TrnL "Si.; were
Mr. Y^g, the new Chinese and
minister to the United States, ex
Minister to Japan Frank Cpombs.
NO. 41.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHESJ
Tbe Happenings ol a Day CbronicM in
Brief and Coacise ParagrapPs
And Containing lie (list of the News
From All Paris of the World.
Colonel Oats, of Alabama, who was
thrown from a cable ear lust- week is
quite ill, bo much so that tho chaplain Tues
of the house offered up ft prayer
day morning for his recovery.
Fire at Boynton, Yn., Tuesday morn
ing, consumed Brown’s wagon factory
and a number of business houses and
residences and injuring others, iuftiet
ing a total loss of more than *20,000.
The fire is supposed to have been of
incendiary origin.
At a joint meeting of the board of
health and city council of Brunswick
Tuesday night, the examining experts
into the case of Surgeon John W.
Branham pronounced bis disease yel
low fever, with two doctors voting in
the minority.
A special of Tuesday from Pensaco
la, Fla., says: This is the eighth Wood day
since the death of little Ellen
and ut six o’clock this evening tho us
ual report given is posted by tho
board of health—No new eases. Tho
people are expecting an early end of
our trouble.
The Coatsworth elevator at Buffalo,
N. Y., haviug acftpacity of twelve mil
lion bushels and valued at three-quar
ters of a million dollars, was totally
destroyed by fire Tuesday structures,mostly morning.
About a dozen frame
saloons and dwellings, were also
burned. The total loss is $800,000.
The Virginia Farmers' Alliance met
at Richmond Tuesday, in the hall of
the house of delegates, President Pago
ill the chair. Fifty-two out of ono
hundred counties were represented.
The president read his address which
w as received with applause. A lengthy
serieB of resolutions was presented and
adopted.
An institution opened at Birming
ham, Ala., Tuesday, being held by tho
prominent negroes of Alabama and
other southern states. There wero
several prominent leading negro di
vines from, other states in attendance.
The remainder of the week will bo
devoted to the discussion of such as:
“The race question,” “The negro afid
his destiny,” “Africa and its future.”
The “rush” of visitors to the V. orlfTs
fair for which the officials have been
looking so eagerly appears to have be
gun in earnest. The cheap rates and
numerous excursions of the last few
days are beginning to make a most
satisfactory increase of the gate receipts
aud the financial depression that has
been so seriously felt in tbe. At orld's
fair circles, seems now to bo a thing of
the past.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday
says: Governor Tillman, of South
Carolina, has applied to the United
States patent office for authority to
use the word “Palmetto” as a trado
mark for South Carolina dispensary
whisky. The patent officers are reti
cent on the subject, and say that it is
not the proper thing to give out in
formation concerning trade marks un
til they aro issued.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
snys: The city is quiet, the people
accepting the situation calmly. Tues
day the banks began the issue of cer
tificates, which are being accepted in
all lines of trade as cash. The propo
sition to turn over the assets of Josiah
Morris A Co., to F. M. Billings is
meeting with favor in all quarters,
and it is probable this action will bo
agreed upon at the meeting of the de
positors.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the poard of trade of Columbus, Ga.,
was held Tuesday afternoon to consid
er the financial situation. Resolutions
were adopted urging Georgia’s senators
and representatives to work for the un
conditional repeal of the Sherman law:
also requesting the Columbus Clearing
House Association to issue certificates
and approving the action of the cotton
mills of the city in issuing certificates
to be taken in payment of debts for
the next sixty days.
Tho intimation comes from Colum
bia, S. 0., that ton dispensaries must
be established in Charleston, aud the
process of getting up the names lias
been very much simplified. There are
about two hundred well-known free
holders in the city who will sign their
names to almost any petition that is
presented to them. These form the
nucleus. The petitioner then hands
his list to a colored lawyer, who is an
expert in the business, and he fills it
up to the required number, 701, by
copying down the names of colored
freeholders off the tax books.
Decreased Government Receipts.
A Washington Special of Tuesday
says: Tho continued business depres
sion is felt nowhere more sensibly than
by the government, ItB revenues rise
aud fall in touch with business. So
far this month its receipts are $5,000,
000 less than last month and during
the past three days the falling off has
been very heavy. Business men aro
taking out of bonded warehouses as
few goods as possible, while import
ers have not only curtailed their im
ports but are taking advantage of all
the delay possible in paying custom
duties.
Cholera In New York.
A New York special of Friday says:
Health Officer Jenkins’s bulletine says
there are now ten cholera patients in of
Swinburne island hospital, of one them
whom is convalescing. Five
were taken to the hospital from Hoff
man island Friday evening, In three
of the ten cases the diagnosis of cholera
bM beet) MGlpgipiHy confirmed.
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