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CONGRESSIONAL .MATTEL |
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL PASSED,
3Y THE SENATE.
The Uill the Sains as <lo;>ie<l by the i
Hocje-ElToot* Jo Incre:i*e the Number ;
Voted l>o\rn?"KeIly ir'lauat.* the IJlooJy
Shirt Which Is Kescrueu <>y sopru, .
Democrats.
Washington, Jan. 20.?in the en- j
ate at the close of the morning hour the j
> Senate proceeded to the consideration j
1 of the apportionment bill as "unimished j
business," and Edmunds addressed the-.
Se'nate, calling its attention to the fact j
that the bill took no cognizance what- j
ever of the provisions of the Fourteenth j
Amendment to the Constitution, that in i
case the right of sufl'rage be. denied i
or abridged in anv State." the representa-'
tion of that Slate should be diminished j
accordingly. - ;
The Senate then proceeded to vote on
the amendments proposed by the minority,
the first being to increase the ;
representation oi' Arkausas from G to 7.
The amendment was rejected ? veas, 32; j
nays, 33. All the Democratic .Senators j
voted for the amendment and were re- j
inforced by Ibe Republicans?Senators |
Davis, McMillan. Paddock, Stewart
and Washburn.
The nest amendment was to increase
the representation of Minnesota from 7
to S?also rejected; %eas 31. nays 32.
On this vote Casey voted with the Demvocrats,
of whom two less voted than on
the preceding vote.
The next amendment was to increase j
the representation of Missouri from 15 j
- to 10. Rejected; yeas 30, najs 38. The
* only' Republicans voting aye on this {
. amendment were Davis,- Paddock and
Washburn. Casey, McMillan and Stew
'art voted no. . I
The next amoudment \va3 to increase ;
the representation of Xew York from :J4 j
to .35. Rejected; yeas .'30, nays' S8, j
IJayis and Paddock being .the only Re-1
/ppMu^ns voting m the affirmative.
.../ men withdrew the amendment. I
ic total number of representa- j
- 60.
^ offered an amendment fixing!
? 'number at 359 an.d giving, an j
'= member to Arkansas, Minne- j
7ew York, aud-desired to have :
one amendment. . .? i
n'i of it, however, was in- i
co. Ha:e.
be; -moved io. lay the araendvottable.
and that motion was
Ka^as 38; nays ?9. The only
mao.-'no voted in the negative
seve^d Washburni
to de why he could not vote for j
*"s t^e fras I.ccause a lar^e amount j
Whn7i^-.r> "\f icennri \fvmpsof.-i !
A., York was left eu- j
without represenatioc.
> also opposed the bill becausc. ;
as it has been reported, it showed that
act error had be?n made in the city of
New i'ork, were there was a deficit of
"*^"--j8.ome 200,000 in the ccnsus returns, as j
taken?and because he believes that
tliat State vi&iMhfe States of 'Arkansas,
Minnesota and JNlissouri shooUV*each
have an additional -cepresoui?fT.-c. He j
thought that in fairnessKlo the appor- j
tionment should have foen left to be i
made in the next session. ~s?Jones
of Arkansas declared hii belief
that for his State the census reurns j
- ti,ot ;p the-.
were yery uuaun;,
truth were known Arkansas had population.
enough to entitle her to seven
Representatives.
Morgan spoke of the necessitiy of a
specific declaration m the bill that the
number Ox. Presidential, electors in ISI'2
shall correspond with the number ot
I Representatives lixed in the bill. The
countrv had had enough of trials and
troubles and difficulties in connection
with Presidential'elections to admonish
P Congress to exercise the most extreme j
care in the matter and to make the law j
perfectly clear .and definite.
The bill was then passed exactly as it j
came from the House?yeas 27, nays 24:
a'strict party vote.
There was quite a. row in the House
to-day. Matters ran very smoothly lor
awhile, until the murder of Matthews,
t?e. postmaster at Carrolion, Miss.^was
- brought up.by Kelly in a speech inVnich
he certified some formal remarks made
by Lewis, ot Mississippi. lie denied
(as slated by Lewis) that the murder of
Matthews was attributable to otlu-r than
Ddlitrcal causes. lie had the authority
to say that Matthews had been killed be- ;
cause he was "-a-Republican. The gentleman
from Mississippi premised his
remarks with a quotation ta the effect
that nothing but good should be said of '
the dead and had heaped slanders upon
the dead man which he would not have
heaped had the ;nau been living. lie
(Kelly) denied the statements made by
the gentleman in-reg<rd to the character
of Matthews.
i Flo *er said that he -had heard the
I gentleman from Kansas make speeches
I pitching into-the distinguished uentle?_i
... i
I man irom
That'gentleman had: been returned to j.
Congress while the constituents of the j
.gentleman. from Kansas had turned him .
aowa. The more of such speeches the
gentleman from Kansas made, -the bettdr j
it would be lor the Democratic party.
Lewis, in.reply, sa:d that while the)
people of the whole country were i-:ijuv- j
? ingf the privileges oi constitutional j
of'the' gentleman from Kansas was
heard^cryihii, 'Murder! murder!""
' Call the police !" ejaculated Splnola,
in a voice of Modoc terror, and the contrast
between the earnesi voice' of hewis j
and the timorous voice of Spinola was
so apparent that ior soire moments j
Lewis was unabUrt'o proceed on fcccount
of the laughter.
Lewis, continuing, said that it: the '
self-contideace * and .-swift .wituess la :
* " < - i -/! ^ I
ic jjeutleman l'rom
rrcatc the impresftheje
^talv-s wore j
e Constitution ami
ales.
>ved it/'
?ay to him that he j
: the mandate of i
uuced at'the last;
I want to sav that i
linst his own t-on- j
legated him to tlie i
. I want to say |
iirnnist the people j
just spoken and
the cathedral of:
which has fallen :
nr. !
-a:i. lit"'
BS|\r of the KcB&o
!:a<i bccu :
Wb?;1'.^ lea n ?;
HR\:<.n:I(J :;.
Hjnh enough
Hikvilr) the
Bjgafcy^ |
Hooker said that he was getting a
little tired of the broad cast accusations
made against the people of Mississippi
before a tribunal which had not the i
power to try them. lie protested against
the raisin? of sectional animosity.
Cannon attempted to put an end to
4'- ^ ?,\f? Kv Anllln/T of f
Ul? pvi.:< iLai untuosi'/u vj loiuiu, au?utiou
to the absolute necessity of the
speedy passage of the appropriation
bills, but his remarks had little eflect,
the controversy being transferred from
Mississippi to Tennessee, Williams of
Ohio criticising and llichardson defending
the conduct of Senator Harris.
After a rather stormy scene between
the chairman (McComas) and Breckinridge
of Arkansas pertaining to the
ques'ioa of recognition, the committee i
rose and reported the bill to the House, j
No quorum appearing the House with- j
out disposition of the bill adjourned.
HACKED TO PIECESTerrJ!?l?
aad Rrutal Massacre of Christ- J
I
ians by Low Chinese.
I
Sax Francisco, Jan. 29.?There is j
a recurrence of the old fanatical hatred of |
Christians in China, more particularly in j
S/cchuen, where a massacre of Christians
occurred, of which we have only
just got particulars, though the scene is
only a short distance from Chungking,
which is now a treaty port.
The converts of the Franciscans and !
Lazarists are very numerous in Szechucn. j
and we frequently hear of trouble be- j
tweeu them and the followers of the j
popular religious?Confucianism. Bud- j
dhinm and Taouism?but it is seldom ;
nowadays that the fanaticism of the persecutors
proceeds as far as killing its unfortunate
objects, as was the case with
the small Christian community of
Loongti-hsn, in the TaChu prefecture.
In the middle of the sight to attack
was made by several thousand of the
worst dregs of the populace, infuriated
by fanaticism and egged ou by the hopes
of a rich booty. They raided the houses
of fifty or sixty Christian families, set
the buildings on fire, and carried oil
everything portable.
' The mission premises Tvere surrounded
and burned, amidst-tlie howls of infuri- ,
ated villains who threw a number of
Christians into the burning buildings,
where thev perished in the most horrible
->* *1 1 ?
agony, wmca pracccuiu^a ncic na^utu
with devilish pleasure by their erstwhile
neighbors.
The murderers seized upwards of
twenty more victims in the neighborhood,
and butchered them in cold blood, and
with all the revolting refinements of cruelly
which the placid looking Chinese un- j
derstand so well. Most of the bodies of j
the murdered people were cut or hacked ;
to pieces and thrown into the river.
During all this time the officials were
invisible, and the impression, in well informed
quarters is that they kept out of
the way on purpose. The magistrate at
Ta Chu kept himself locked up in his ya
men. though he knew what was going
on outside, for the European priest'in
charge of the mission fled to the magistrate's
residence for safety.
Hard on His Lawyer*.
Xew Yokk, Jan. 29.?Harris A.
Smijer was convicted 'n June of killing
Maggie Drairiey, in a house, on Seventh
avenue, near Twenty-sixth street, to
which she had fled to _escape his brutality.
His convictioafwas affirmed by the
j&SSt .jot-.^ppeajs. lie was arraigned
v^terdavlniiie court of general sessions !
lor resentence to death. Smiler was a
bigamist as well as a murderer, and both
his wife and Maggie Drainer, the woman
he had 'figamou^ly married, were
troubling him for support. lie set out
one night to kill them both, killed Maggie
Drainey and was arrested three hours
later as he was entering the house where
his wife lived. When Smiler was asked
by Chief Clerk Sparks what he had to
say as'to why judgment of death should
not be pronounced against him. he said:
_ '!idnrt have a lairtriai. I was deceived
in my counsel. My counsel deceived
me all alomr. My counsel was
not fit to defend anybody. I could make
better couusel out of a handful of mud."
Judge Fitzgerald told Smiler that he
had'had a fair and thorough trial and
that the jury could have arrived at no
othor verdict upon the evidence. The
^TYIII nr f r\ /-? <* ft Ssinrr
JUUii^ k.'juuvi. wv v*i\. UV
SiiiLr within the week bedQninsr Mondav,
March 1G. ' '
A Battle to t!i? D?atk.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 20;?A battlfc
to the- death cook place in Mercer County
between a valuable saddle stallion
and a jackass, belonging to William
Thomas, a stock raiser. A few days ago
a mad dog'bit Thomas's little boy and
horse. The horse went mad and* kicking
down the door of the jackass' stable
began biting him. The jack retaliated,
and for fifteen minutes they fought, using
thi'T teeth, heels and forefeet. Finally
the jack tore loose the stallion's left
(far with his teeth and the horse then bit
a piece from the jackass' neck.
This seemed to make the jack more
ferocious than' ever and. grabbing the
lower part of the horse's neck in his
teeth, lie tore out the windpipe, but the
high-iiiettled stallion did not give up
acd before falling he kicked the jack's
hmdleg, breaking it just below, the hock.
He then fell dead. The jack uttered a
lo;>? loud hrav and went into his stable, i
He was covered with blood arid so fear-1
fully wounded that his master killed i
iiiuf tr. put^him out of his misery.
The boy was treated with amadstone.
The stone stuck three times and he
shows no sign of rabies. It is believed
that he will recover.
Indians Katcn by M'olv?s.
Winnipko. Jap... 30.-Rev. J. Sette,
missionary among1 the Indian tribes
;?ro?:nd Lz\:t Winnipeg: and Manitoba,
writes That camps <-f Indians hunting!
oil the Hast si(> of Lake Winnipeg, not!
very far from Blood Vein River near i
I)og II eat!. were visited by a band of j
wolves about one hundred in number.
They attacked the camps and killed j
many Indians and devoured them. One j
Indian cudgeled and killed twenty;
wolves, another Indian climbed up a
tree with his gun and shot down j
ru-j.'it V t Inti rrnr an ;i whifh was !
not very high and I he wolves got him j
lio'.vn and devoured him. There is a
gr<*at panic among the Indians in that
quarter. ..The Indians say there are
no consequently the wolves are
mud with hunger.
Horrible Do:ith.
Florence, S. C.. Jan. 29.?Capt.;
Dave MorecocTc. of this place, was i
knocked oil of the freight train a few i
m'lo= Vlnwnco UnA rnnrnin<r. I
He was not misled until the next station !
was reached, and having gone back in j
search of him. he was found suspended f
off of the bridge over Lynch's creek, i
his slices having caught on an iron pin. j
lie is supposed no: to have known what j
struck him, as his brain was knocked j
out. He leaves a >oun?i wile here and j
parents in North Carolina to mourn his |
loss. The Knights of Pythias will take ;
possesion of his body. i
THIRD PARTY MOVEMENTActivity
Among Leaders Caused l?j Seu- ;
atorlusalls' Defeat.
Xew Yokk, .Jan. 31.?A short time |
a-'O there was news that the action of
3 I
the third party boomers throughout the (
country would 1>& governed, in a large 1
measure, by the result ol' the great
struggle over Ingalls in Kansas. If the '
Farmers' Alliance could not control the ;
politics of a state in which it had a :
heavy majority ot the voters. It would ;
have no prospect of success in a national j
movemeu joul li, ou me inner iimni. n
should win in its frrst serious campagin j
in a northwestern state, the fact would j
be proof that the time had arrived for !
the organization of a new party iu the j
United states.
Kansas was the pivotal state, and j
there the signal was to be hoisted. Tiie j
Alliance had shown itself to be all pow-!
erful in several southern states; hut i
there was an imperative necessity that!
it should win a triumph in the north.!
Its suocees at Topekathis week is, therefore,
an incident oHirst-class importance
to the third party boomers.)
Even President McGralh. of the Kan 1
sas Alliance, who was last year opposed j
to the formation of a new party, has |
changed his tniud. The Alliance man-'
onrnrc in VonrnQbi nnd Minnesota are i
ready to follow the leadership of Kansas. '
and several of the Alliance leaders in
the south are dssirous of co-operating i
with their northern brethren in a nation- i
al political movement. It is believed j
that the four states of Kansas, Nebraska. I
Minnesota and South Dakota are sufii- j
cient to form a nucleus around which
other states will vet rally.
The Alliance boomers are to take up
the business of preparing for the Nation- i
al Union conference which is to be'
held in Cincinnati upon a date that has:
not vet been fixed. The call for this j
conference, which was issued in Decern- j
ber last, bore the signatures of Ailiance j
officials- in seventeen northern and
southern states, and all industrial organizations
were invited to take part in
if:.- The Knights of Labor, will send
delegates to it, and half a dozen agrlcul-!
tural associations, including the Color-!
ed Farmers' Alliance, will be represent- j
ed at it. The greatest of all the trade j
union bodies in this country, the Ameri-1
can Federation oi Labor, has given no- ,
tice that it cannet take any part in the
conference or in the formation of a new
political party.
The experiment of bringing together {
the workers in the cities and the tillers !
of the lields in order to gain political j
ends was made in Washington last week ;
? t a conference held by the so-called In-!
dustrial Confederation, but the result oi j
the experiment was not encouraging to j
those concernca m it.
So far as can be learned by the rc- j
ports from various states, the platform j
and the measures of the Kansas Farm-!
eas' Alliance are likely to find favor at j
the Cincinnati conference, for Kansas j
carries the .
IVisoned at a Boarding School.
New York, Feb. l.^-Miss Helen
Potts, daughter of George II. Potts,* a
*-pa]f,hv railroad and mine owner, who i
lives at Asbury Park, and has an office !
at 40 Wall street, died suddenly thisj
morning in the boardinarschool of Miss i
Lydia Day, Xo 32, W 40th street from
morphine poison.
Miss Potts, who was a beautiful and
accomplished girl, 20 years old, had
been an inmate of Miss Day's school!
for about a year, finishing her educa- j
tion. She had been troubled with ner- i
vousness and insomnia for some time,
and had received a prf^nption from !
Carljle W. Harris, a medical student, |
and a warm personal friend of herself j
and her family. This prescription i
called for 25 grains of quinine and one !
grain of morphine, to be made into six j
capsules, one of which was to l<e taken j
nightly.
The prescription was put up at Mcln- j
tyre's drug store, 992 Gth avenue. liar- j
ris kept two capsules, and gave the j
others to Miss Potts, tilling her to fol-!
low directions. That day Harris left f
town for Old Point Comfort, and while '
there, he received a letter from Miss j
Potts, saying that the medicine had j
given her a severe headache.
On Thursday last Harris returned to j
the city, and calling on Miss Potts told j
Kqt. fr, rtnnh'nud tnlrin<r thft CaDSllleS. I
HKyi. WV/ WUViiiwiv - ^ .
Last evening the young lady took an- \
other capsule, and at 11 o'clock her!
room mates were awakened by her j
heavy breathing and they found her al- j
most unconscious. Medical aid was at i
once summoned .and the doctors pro-!
nounced the patient, suffering from!
narcotic noisoning. They worked with I
vigor and restored her by 0 o'clock in ;
the morning, leaving her at that time j
out of danger. At 4 o'clock they were j
? - ^ ? J 1 4- 4- U ~ I
again summoned 10 nuu ner mc
point of death, all their efforts were
unavailing and she died at 11 o'clock
this morning.
The idea of suicide in the case is out
of the question, and there are several
theories as to the cause of death.
The prescription may have been put!
up bj an unexperienced druggist, who j
substituted morphine for quinine ; the ;
whole grain of morphine might have j
been put into one capsule, or the girl!
may have had the prescription renewed j
and died of the cumulative action of a j
lured niimhernf r.ansillr*s. The COrOQer i
will make a thorough investigation. J
Uiovrn t? Atoms
Cakmel, X. Y.. .Jan. 29.?At about J
T.uOin the morning, an explosion oo '
curred at the works of the reservoir!
darn in course of construction near i
Craft's station, on the New York and;
Northern railroad. A considerable;
quantity of giant powder was stored in
a tool box. and the foreman, Conrad j
Uonneny, unueriooK io pry upeu menu, i
which had been frozen down, with :i j
crowbar. Just exactly how it happened j
no one knows, but Connelly was lit^r- j
ally blown to atoms, all that could be j
found not filling a box a foot square, j
Connelly leaves a wife and two chil- j
dren. The concussion shook buildiDgs j
three miles distant.
An Appeal From the I'owr.
Hamburg. Jan. 31.?Four thousand ;
unemployed workmen of this city held j
a meeting Sunday to comsider measures j
looking to an amelioration o; their con-!
clltion. It was resolved to send a pcti- j
tion to the Senate asking that landlords j
be prohibited on the next quarter day ;
from evicting tenants unable to pay their !
rents also asking that loans of 50 marks j
be advanced to destitute workmen from j
the state funds and that poor children j
in public schools be supplied with hot ]
meals dally. The committee formed to !
lieip relieve UIC distress ux mc uucui- j
ployed distribute over ten thousand free ,
meals daily.
Picked m J'linple and
Lancaster, Fa., Jan. 29.?Frank J. I
11 err, a prominent farmer, died here
from blood poisoning. Three weeks ago i
he noticed a small pimple on his hand !
and picked it open. lie took cold, blood \
poisoning followed and death was the j
result. A wife and twelve children survive.
I
A GHASTLY SIGHT.
THE DEAD BODY OF ALLiCE MCLEOD |
FOUND IN THE CONGAREE.
The Detectives Follow Strong C!?e? I
Which Jte.-mlt iu Finding- That n Mur- j
dpr I1?<I Iteallv licen Committed?The I
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I
JLitiks oT Evidence.
Coi.vmijia, s. C? Jan. 2i>.?Alice Mc- i
Leod'sdead body has been found! And j
it shows that a dastardly murder has j
been committed. It was stripped of j
its clothins". and with hands and feet j
bound together she was lowered to a
ii'otnfirffriin. with 9 mnQWVC !
rocks around the middle of her body.
Last night Detective J. W. Molloway
asked that O'l'.cer Donald Harrison be
detailed to go with him to the vrillows
on the bank of the river to grapple for
the body of Alice McLeod. The Chief
gave the permission, and Mr. Ilolloway
had two strong grab-hooks made. Armed
with them the two men went to the
river this morning.
Hired a boat, managed by a negro
boatman, and they glided out a short
distance from the shore right from the
spot where I no loo'pnn-s menuoneu
elsewhere were found. This place is
just below the l'earce quarry. They
started to grapple in the open space
just in front of this place. As the boat
swun^ around Detective Ilolloway's
grapple struck something and caught.
This was in less than live minutes after
they had commenced fishing for the
body. The obstruction in which the
grab caught was less than six feet from
the shore.
The detective pulled hacd and a heavy
weight moved. They then realized
that they had t'le body, and with a powerful
puli that almost overturned* the
4-Urv 1 niulo nroc
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to the surface of the water. Officer
Harrison leaned over the edge of the
boat and tied a rope around the dead
woman's neck. Then the boat was slowly
turned towards the shore and the
body was dragged out of the water
and laid on the bank.
The body-was almost nude, no clothing
appearing on it except a chemise,
which was slightly torn. "The woman's
hands were tied together with a stout
piece of rope, and even her feet were'
crossed and bound together in the same
manner. Around the woman's bodj
was tied a sack full of large rocks,
which made a heavy weight. This bag
u'!i? tipri with hpuvv rnnev
No sign of her being- killed before
being thrown in the water appeared
on her body. Thc-re was no stab
wounds visible, but, of course a close
examination of the body could not be
made until the Coroner arrived. The
woman's throat was, however, much j
swollen and of a dark black color, j
showing she had been choked to death, j
probably before being thrown in the j
water. "After laying the body out on!
the bank the 'officers deputized the boatman
to jruard it, and hastened up street j
to inform the Sheriff, Coroner and the
Chief of i'olice of their gh'.-stly find.
A tc-iepnonic message a*? o o ciuck, i
however, had preceded them, and the
liecord man sped away to the scene.
In the meantime the news had spread
like wildfire in the lower section of
the ci':y, and men, women and children
were all much wrought up by the discovery.
Many at once went to the
river and viewed the body in all its
ghastliness.
Even while the woman was being
dragged from the iiver an old negro
was found by the detectives who can
give the only absolute testimony
against the negro in the jail. lie says
that he met Waites Martin on the railroad
track dragging Alice McLeud towards
the river. On arriving at the
Sheriff's ofiice the detectives immediately
notilied the Coroner, and he accompanied
by the ollicers and manv
curious persons, left for the scene at
once. At this hour 4:30 p. m.. the excitement
is running high.
\ /f A l-v-Ja Ko/J Koan ro.
W <11L?5 .Alrtl till, CiC tiiio, liau uvv>u iumoved
from the station house and con- :
lined in the most secure celi in the jail.
There lias already been talk of a lynch- .
ing, but Sheriff Kowan will see that ali
such attempts shall be properly dealt
with. The condition of the body shows
that the murder was most diabolical ,
and premeditated and that the woman .
was undoubtedly killed before she was ,
thrown in the water. AVhat makes it
more heinous is the fact that the murderer
must have spent hours with the \
corpse arranging the plans for dispos
ingofit. Officers Harrison and Hall ?
and Detective Ilollovray deserve much
credit for their perseverance, even j
when the Sheriff and Chief of Police
discredited the m. rder theory.?Record ,
Cleveland and Hill Meet.
Xem* York, Jan. 31.?At a dinner J
given to-night at the Manhattan Glut)
by Senator Win L. Brown to the Gov- ,
ernors of the club and six others, ExPresident
Grover Cleveland and Governor
David 13. Hill met each other face |
to face. The centennial banquet, at the '
Metropolitan Opera House two years
ago. was the last occasion up.m which
f.hpv mpt. Since then tbev have been ,
as strangers, and many things written 1
and said of the two men oniy tended to widen
the breach. ,
To this condition of all'air was due ,
the great interest taken in their meeting
at tiie dinner to-night, although the ;
all'air was a strictly private oae.
Ex-President Cleveland arrived at 7 j
o'clock and moved about among the .
guests shaking hands and conversing ,
in a most pleasant manner. At a quarter
to S o'clock the banqueters, thirtytwo
in number, entered the library .
room, where the table was set. The ta- '
ble was in the form of an oval. At the ,
head sut Senator J>rown with Jaeuten- L
ant Governor Jones oil his left, and a \.
seat for Governor Hill, who hail not at,
that time arrived. on his right. At the i
opposite end of the table was Fred It. j
Coadert, president of the club. Ex- i
President Cleveland occupied a seat on j!
his right and iVn .T. Wood on his left. 1
At'J o'clock Governor ilill was an- '
nounced. As he entered the room '
everv one arose and applauded. The
Governor advanced to his seat, bowed 1
to Senator Brown, and tl.an. looking i
directly at Cleveland, smiled and bowed. ,
..C! nlooontlv mo/l the
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recognition. The Governor then t
bowed to the other gentlemen and took (
his seat.
A iio!> Kill Tvro Xegrow.
JJikmixciiam, Ala., Jan. 31.?At Carbon
llil!, Walker county, h mob of *
rrhite men surrounded a cabin occupied ;
by nine negro-.- and lirpd lifty shots. 1
William Denman and John Williamson,
were killed, and srvfn others I
wounded, two fatally. The mob es-;
caped unhurt. The supposed caus- j
was the work of the mine strikers' | j
whose places had b een taken by the nu i,
is.oes. More trouble is feared and i
arms and ammunition sent for.
Hot Springs Cooled Off. j j
Atlanta. February 2.?A tornado ! 1
passed over Hot Springs ahout midnight; i
last night. Gone store was completely js
wrecked, with a loss of stock of about, j
ftl r.i'Mi Tim'Unntist.rlnm-h was fiooded, i
and several residence? were slightly dam- <
aged. iluch alarm was caused, but uo j
lives .were lost. I'
I r LOOKS UGLY.
Serious Dilllcultv of the Alliance Store
at Spartanburg.
SPAiiTAN*i>uo, Feb. 3?Unless all j
sin-ns fail \yp will snnn have the bicrtrost I
sensation Spartanburg has witnessed for \
some years. In a former letter I gave
some of the rumors which were arloat
concerning the trouble the ''Alliance
Store'' was in. Developments have ''followed
fast and followed faster" in the
last two days, and it is now settled beyond
peradventure that the concern has
smashed to Hinders. During Sunday
everything was of course quiet, but there
was an undercurrent of expectant ex- '
citement which steadily increased all
day Monday. Everybody knew that
there were near $10,000 in claims held
for various merchants by several law lirms
in this city. The legal fraternity
was on the qui vice during the whole day,
and one or more of them were at the
Ailiance store all the time. Xieholls &
Moore, Carlisle <fc Ilydrick, Jioraar &
Simpson ?jid Jolinson & Thomas all held
clainm arid were exceedingly desirious
of conferring with Mr. McZimmerman,
the Alliance agent. The houses that
these gentlemen represent are scattered
from Baltimore to Atlanta, in which
latter city one house is involred to the j
extent of .<7,000. Late yesterday evening
Johnson <S: Thomson and Xicholls j
& Moore issued an injunction against
the house and attempted to take posses-1
sion. Sheriff Xicholls and his deputies j
went down to the Alliance store with
that object, but failed to make an entrance,
the house being closed, and they
not considering their papers warranted
them in breaking in. Mr. McZiinmerman
was in the place all the while and
would extinguish the lights whenever
they applied l'or admission. Finally the
Sheriff stationed a guard about the house
who were to watch them until a late hour
at night, This they did, Out :iiter tney
left the place, notwithstanding the fact
that it was a horrible night, McZimmerman
moved a large quantity of goods
to the Air Line depot, where they were
discovered this morning, it is now understood
that he had sold out to a firm
in Charlotte. The goods were attached
this morning and papers were served
upon McZimmerman whilst he was yet
in bed, by the Sheriff, and now everybody
is expecting some startling develonements
every hour.
The executive committee of the Alliance
held a meeting here yesterday and
finally determined that they did not |
hold themselves liabio for McZimmer-1
man's debts. They said that he had no
authority from them to conduct the ,
business as he had been conducting it,
and that consequently his creditors
must look to him for payment. The
creditors claim of course that the Alliance
is liable, but in view of the doubt ;
on the subject a pretty lively scullle for :
what is in sight is in progress.
Your correspondent saw yesterday a 1
gentleman who had been in charge of
the branch store which McZimmerman
has been running at Clifton. He said :
lie could not imagine how it was possible
for so many debts to have been con- '
tracted, for he knew personally that
the goods were bought on thirty and
sixty days' time and sold for cash, coneon
nantl xr tVioro qIttqvc liovo
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been plenty of funds to liquidate all ,
claims. The same man said that the :
store at Clifton had a stock of 84,000.
This morning it was learned that McZimmerman
sold it .Saturday for 84,000
in cash. The fishy .vopearance of this
transaction is creating much comment,
as is likewise the fact that it is known
that as far back as last Friday he was
selling out large quantities of the Clifton
stock at a price far below cost. The
impression prevails that the developments
from now on will have a decidedly
crooked tendency.
Some nersons. who claim to know
what they are talking about, say that
there will be 830,000 to be paid by the
Alliance or somebody else. Others put
it from 810,<J00 to 815,000.
Spartanburg, Feb. 3.?This afternoon
counsel for McZimmerman appealed
for time on the injunction,
which was to have been heard this afternoon,
and the case was postponed
till Thursday afternoon. To-morrow
they will apply to set aside the attach- J
meht on the goods.?Greenville News. ,
IUv. Sam Jones has a Fight. >
1'alestixk. Tex.. Feb. 3.?At a series ;
of meetings held hero in November last
the Jiev. Sam Jones, of Carterville, Ga., '
excited much comment and enthusiam,
both for the large number of conversions (
he effected for various religious denominations
and for the vigorous manner in ,
which he assailed sinners in general and (
several individuals in particular, j
Among the latter who were sharply re- .
buked bv the Evangelist was Mayor J. .
T. Ward, to whose official and private \
character he alluded to in the severest !
and most pointed terms. The mayor 1
svas absent, from the ritvatthe time and
;he announcement that the well-known 1
svangelist would be here again to deliver I
lis lectnre, "Get there," caused much excitement
and there was a rush for seats. ]
Jones arrived on Receiver Bonner's i
special car at 8 last night and the lect- :
are was delivered before a large audience j
r the Opera House.
At the station this morning, just be- ,
[ore the evangelist took the tram for the '
ivest,Mayor Ward was seen approaching. 1
Uttering a few words the mayor then 1
vigorously attacked Jones with a cane,
rhe cane changed hands and the mayor
eceived several blows. Before the by
standers could pail the angry combat- '
mts heavy bruises were inllicted and
jotli bled profusely. In a feu* minutes .
;he train pulled out of the station with '
jam Jones on board. ,
Mayor Ward was subsequently arrest- ]
id and placed under bonds for aggrava- '
ted assault and for carrying a pistol. ,
fhe mayor avows his right to carry .
LVftnnniis :.nd d eel ears he had no inten- j
Lion'of carrying his resentment further j
:han caning Jones.
Tho Alliance IJank.
Columbia. Jan. 28.?The trustee
stockholders of the Shite Alliance Ex- ]
;hange have heen in session almost con- j
.inuously today since 10 o'clock this <
norning until af?/-r midnight, trying to
xrranire for a State alliance bank. The :
jank has been organized, however, but ;
Ihe members absolutely relused to give j'
3ne word for publication, keeping their |
fULlWU ii 3U IUUI SCUi CI j
The stockholders clected the following
directors and adjourned: J. A. Slurh,
\Y. II. Timmerman. .J. F. Tindall, J. \V. j
Stokes, J. T. and I). 1'. Duncan.
The board of directors held a subse-11
[juent meeting, but did not elect olliccrs, j1
as far as can be ascertained. They will i
net say when they will meet again.!.
Dead Drunk on the Track.
Asheville. February 2.?Daniel ]
Lee and Andrew Caldwell, of Madion j
County, while under the inllucnce of j
.?nicl-or lor /]<-?wrn <ln ilip track I
:lay morning and was run over by a j
lieavy freight train which left Marshall!
about 5 o'clock. Lee was iDStantly j'
killed, his body bein^ cut in two and IJ
tUQncrloil I 'nil]1 \V:1S SO !
seriously injured thai he can hardly |
iive. One lc? was cul off below the ^
knee, and the other was badly crush- j,
sd. A jua; of liquor, which they had ,
.villi them was not injured. Both men j
were married and leave Jamilies. . j
MARTIN CONFESSES.
THE MURDERER BREAKS DOWN AND
TELLS ALL ABOUT HIS CRIME.
The Horrible Story Kelatcd to the Sheriff
?K.lsse?l Ills Victim Good-bye Alter
I
Choking Her to death and Threw the
Body in the Illver.
Columbia, s. C., Feb 2.?Waites
Martin has coufessed that he killed
Alice McLeod. Yesterday morning
Sherill' Rowan went into Martin's cage,
where he was chained down to the lloor,
and sat down upon a box near him. He
asked him whether he had an accomplice i
or not and what connection anybody else
had with the murder. lie told Martin he
did not wish him to implicate himself, but
he wanted him to tell the truth as there
was already enough evidence against
him to hansc bins. The question was
such that it could nut be answered with
ease and the negro after mature deliberaif
woe liAcf. molro c\
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voluntary confession. After awhile he
said:
k,I will tell you the truth," and stated
that he would relate the whole matter.
The Sheriff told him if he did not
tell the truth he would stop him. Martin
<s:>iil "nil ri^hf:1' nnil 11 n tnld his storv
cubstantially as follows:
lie said that on Friday evening. some
time before dark, lie was standing on
Schultz's corner, one square from the
shanty car, waiting for Alice to come
and no up street with him. when a man
whom he had never seen before came up
to him and asked if that woman over by
the car was not the woman who had
staid ar Lena Hammonds' during Fair
weekw Martin told him "yes," and the
fellow said, "Well she owes me some
money wliicn I must have." Martin told
hici that was none of his business, and
the man went away.
Martin says he then went to the car
and asked Alice to so home. She re
fused and he pushed her out into the
darkness. She again refused and he
caught her by the throat and choked her.
lie turned her loose and she still refused
; he then pulled hor on. and when
they were near the oil mill fence he
.aught her by the throat and choked
her a^ain. When he turned her loose he
noticed she did not rise, and then it
flashed across his mind that he had murdered
her. ^
Martin says after that discouerv he
was seared that he did not know what
he was doing, but if he iiad it to do over
again lie would come straight to the jail
and surrender himself.
The Sheriff asked him. "Well, what
next?"
Martin continued his story, and said
lie then put the dead body on his back
and carried itasl'aras he could down
the railroad track towards the quarry.
The body was so heavy that he had to
put it down and rest twice. Where the
path leads from the railroad to the quarry
he agaiu laid the body down.
There he conceived the idea of
stripping it. lie sa^s lie did not
know why he did it. At any rate
he lay the body down and stripped it of
its clothing just as it was found. He
threw the clothes iu a bundle to one
side and left them. He then took the
body en his back and carried it to the
river back and laid it down. He then
lviflr trt fhfi nnnvrv :md secured
the stone. He said lie did not ijet it
from his yard. lie then cj;me up the
track to the compress platform, where
he got a sack and then went back. Ticking
up the rock on the way he went back
to the body. He said the sack he is said
to have gotten from the closet in his
house was taken on Friday morning and
he had brought potatoes in it. Those
were the potatoes that Alice was sell
ing.
After goins back to the body, he took
Lhe bag and prepared to conceal it.
lie fixed it just as it was found, and
Lhen he says he drew* it to o point in the
fiver .just above where it was found. lie
says lie kissed the dead v Oman's cheeks
and threw her into the water. In doing
;o he slid her down gently into the
water.
When the prisner told of kissiug the
corps he broke conoplctely down and
wep like a child. Ilis subsequent
movements he seemed unable to des
:ribe, but says yiac wnen neweni uome
:ie did not go in the window, bul went in
the door. He positively asserted that
lie had never seen Washington until he
saw him on the car, and ihat he had
nothing whatever to do with the murder.
Martin told his talc in a straightforward
manner. Some still hold the
theory that the woman was killed in bed.
Sherill* Ilowan yesterday afternoon
Tiade a hunt for the clothes, but could
lot tind them, and he thinks some ignorant
lield hand has found them and taken
;hem away
. Martin says he knows he tnusi die,
md savs he wants to have his trial over
ind sentence passed on him as soon as
possible.?Record.
The Ghost of the War.
Foiit Smitii, Ark., Feb. ?IJishcp
John F. Newman (the great war Meth)dist)
of the M. E. Church has just
iloseil the session of the one hundredth
innual Arkansas Conference 111 this
In -in (ntornpvf hp py. I
pressed the following sentiments in regard
to the force bill:
"1 saw poor Winuom a month ago.
[ was in his otlice in Washington. I
:old him that he could think of force
from now until the end of time and
:hat they would accomplish nothing.
Public conscience is the energy of law.
We must secure an intellectual and
moral elevation to the masses through
ill these Southern States. Then the
force hills would be unnecessary.
' 1 am opposed to invoking the <ihost
)f the war. There are some of our old
United States Senators who are always
sitting at banquet with the spirits of
departed heroes around them?it is the i
banquet of the dead.
"Everybody knows that 1 am a Republican.
having been Chaplain of the
United States Senate under the administration
of Grant and Ilayes. and that
[ am loyal to the last degree. At the
same time my future as a Republican
is before me, though her party managers
act as if the future of "the party
was behind them. Religion and education
are the great ivut-dies for these j
political evils, unr national legislation
is carried on as it' we were two j
people, when it ought to be as if we |
ivere one. If a force bill is needed, it j
is needed as much in the Xorth as it is
in the South."
Democrats Victorious.
St. Louis, Feb. y.?Special dispatches
from Oklahoma City say : "Later
and ollicial returns ol "Wednesday's j
County elections show that the Demo-1
crats and Alliance tickets have been j
victorious. Guthrie and Logan Counties
elect a straight Democratic tick- j
?t. Payse County half and half Demo- j
irdiia ana Alliance. mug u?aci aim
three Counties of the South are solidly
Democratic.
THE APPORTIONMENT.
The Injustice Done lo New York and j
Other States. j
Brooklyn, Feb. f>.?The Brooklyn f
Eagle has compiled the following table '
on the new apportionment, which is of \
special interest. That paper savs: i1
While the apportionment bill is gen-j
erally regarded as a compromise, there j
can be no doubt that it does injustice
to several States, including Xew York.
Under its provisions the total membership
of the House of Itepresenta-1
tives after March 4,1891, will be 35G, an
increase of twenty-four over the pres- j,
ent number. Xo State losses a repre-11
sentative. One member each is gained Is
by thirteen States, two each by four I ^
States, and three by one State.
This table illustrates the gain by j1
States: r
Present New
States. number, number. Gain, js
Alabama 8 9 1 t2
Arkansas 5 <> l j
California G " 1 jC
uuioraao i - i. j i
Georgia 10 11 1 j v
Illinois 20 . 22 2 j(
Kansas .....7 ?- l i s
Massachusetts 12 13
Michigan 11 12 1 i.
Minnesota 5 7 2 '
Missouri 14 13 1 !
Nebraska 3 G 3 ;1
Xew Jersey 7 # 1 c
Oregon 1 2 1 <i
Pennsylvania 28 30 2
Texas 11 13 ^ t
Washington 1 2 1 c
Wisconsin 9 10 1 s
Ot' the twenty-four new members, t
fourteen go to the west. Nebraska's t
quuta of three is doubled. Minnesota i
' ' - ^ ?. r\ ? ! .
ana Illinois gam uvo eacu. uuc i-ucu ; *
is added to California, Colorado, Michi- j r
gan, Oregon, Washington and Wiscon- j r
sin. The South profits by the increase, j ^
but not so much as the west. If Mis- 1
souri be counted a southern State, that o
section gains a total of six seats. Four c
of these go to Alabama, Arkansas, r
Georgia and Missouri, and the remain- r
ing two to Texas. In the middle States,
Pennsylvania gains two and New Jer- i
sey one. Massachusetts, with an addi- 1
tion of one, is the only New England f
State lhat shows a change. e
These changes will exert an impor- r
taut, though not a decisive, bearing on c
the electoral vote. Under the existing t
apportionment that vote is 401. Under I
the new bill there will be 444 members c
in the electoral college, requiring 223 I
to elect. The gain in electors by Stales 1
is as follows: c
Present New a
States. number, number. Gain, r
Alabama 30 11 1 'i
Arkansas 7 8 1 i
California 8 0 It
Colorado 3 4 l 't
Connecticut G <> ? c
Delaware 3 3 ~~ h
Florida 4 4 ? I *
Georgia 12 13 1 j
Illinois :22 24 2 J ^
Indiana 15 15
Iowa v
Idaho ?* 3 ? \
Kansas 9 10 1 t
Kentucky 13 13
Louisiana 8 8 ~~ !"
Maine (| ? \
Maryland S ^ ~~ 1
Massachusetts 14 ^ ; i
Michigan 13 1* * r
Minnesota 7
Mississippi 9 r
Missouri iu j.
Montana 3 3 ? 1
Nebraska 5 8 3 t
Nevada 3 3 ? \
NewHampsliiie 4 4 ? f
New Jersey 9 10 1 t
New York 3(3 3(5 ? j
North Carolina 11 11 ? c
North Dakota 3 3 ?
Ohio 23 23 ? .
Oregon 3 4 1
Pennsylvania 30 32 2
Khode" Island 4 4 ? S
South Carolina I) ? *
South Dakota 4 4 ? t
Tennessee 12 12 ? J
Texas 13 13 - I
Vermont 4 4 ?
Virginia 12 12 ? (
West Virginia G G ? <
"Wisconsin 11 12 1
Washington 3 4 l .
Wyoming 3 3 ?
Totals 420 444 Si <If
in 1802 the States should vote as *
- ??,i iCGQ I
the .States una Territories ?uicu m wuu,
the Republicans would Iiave 250 elect- s
ors to 174 for the Democrats, a Republican
majority of 70. !'
The 1'arraeiV College.
A reporter of the Columbia Register ^
has recently visited Tort Iliil for the t
purpose of seeing what progress has
been made in building. The reporter f
says:
President Strode, who is at the head t
of the college, is the right man for the place,
lie keeps himself thoroughly ?
posted on everything that is done about [
the works, and directs and supervises
o?-orrthinop in riptjiil. Prof. Strode has t
had "an extensive experience in building I
as well as conducting' institutions of
this kind. "Work is now being pushed a
on the laboratory for the purpose of E
getting it in shape to receive the paraphernalia
of the agricultural depart- ;J
mcnt, recently turned over to the col- ^
lege. The residence for the treasurer i
and a professor's residence are nearing a
completion. Prof. Strode says that the ;1
failure of the Legislature to make the t;
necessary appropriation last session
will retard the building of necessary It
accommodations for the students. The j
entire work is now being done by the U
college trustees. The plan of letting j t
out the buildings to contractors did c
not prove satisfactory, and all the con- a
tractors havo been dismissed. a
There are now one hundred convicts 0
at Fort Hill. They are well quartered
and dislike being returned to the low j
country. The stone quarry is in >
chargc of Mr. II. A. Powell, vrho has 0
forty convicts busy at work getting s
out the stone for "the main building [
The brick yard is idle at present, but
will be put in oosraticn soon. One t
million btick will be ready for use in t
the spring, when a full force of hands i:
will be put at work erecting the i:
f- rvnnf- v.fr>iir tmiliHmvsi fhs* nrA TiacrlArl
for the college. | v
Mr. ,T. r. Duggar, a graduate of the j ^
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanl-j r
cal College, has charge of the cxperi-! 1.
mental farm department. lie has been j r
thoroughly educated in the theory of
experimental farming and this year i;
will prove whether he can manage a t
farm, as the Clemson farm offers him s
every opportunity to demonstrate his t
capacity.
Ilis pay roll for free labor amounts n
t-n CQ~7 r,#r ?#?'. Thw fnrcp will 1)P p
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largely increased in the spring. Presi- a
dent Strode says that ninety-lire boys t
have already entered their names onjt
the register and desire to enter the col-; e
lege as soon as| opened. Two-thirds of i
these boys are from the low country.}
Professor Strode says that tbose who!
\r ish to enter the first year should regis- js
ter their names at once, as there is j >
every probability that there will ue 1
far more applicants than can he accom- j t
modated. j *
Skxatou Cameron is receiving hot IJ
shot from the Republican press of Pen::- \ r
sylvania for voting against the force it
bill. As Cameron has just been re-elec- i 1
ted for six years more, lie can stand a [ L
few hot shot. j r
THE l'EXSION GRAB.
NEARLY $400,000-000 APPROPRIATED , ^
FOR PENSIONS.
avails Explains His Position on the
Force Bill and Closure Kale?He Opposes
Both Measures Because They
^Vcrs Revolutionary and Unconstitutional.
"Washington, Feb. 5.?In the Senate
his morning, Ingalls, rising to a peronal
statement, said that he had been
absent from the Senate during the past
wo weeks, in which interval action
tad been taken on the closure rule and
in the election bill. His attitude on
^ ? -i* it i: 4>WA
)oin ol fcnese questions uau uccii one
ubject of comment, of course, and of
mi mad version.
On the day of his departure, after
onsultation with Aliison, on whom he
lad been accustomed to lean in every
:our of need, he had left with Casey
who had charge of the pairs of the ab;entees)
a note saying : "I should vote
Lgainst the proposed change of rules.
tnd should vote for the motion.to proreed
to the consideration of any other
,ha:j the election bill, and am paired ac- j*
n}<nrf^Vy 'if iw!f iIisot^ who is /
it liberty to vote to make a quoxuci^
He had been opposed, he said, unalterably
onoosed, to the adODtion of
*
iiosure ior many reasuus, sumuxcuo ouu
'atisi'actory to himself. There were
hose present who know that many
nontha ago, while occupying the chair
n the absence of the Vice-President, he
csisted many urgent impertunities and
nany strenuous solicitations to co-opev.te
in that direction by methods by
vhicli he then believed and now beieved
were revolutionary and subversive
of the fundamental princiDles of
institutional government. He had
lot since any occasion to change or
nodify his convictions.
He was now and always had been in
avor of a just and impartial election
aw. directed alike against force and ?raud,
non-partisan and applicable
qually to all parts of the nation. The
ueasure under consideration, however,
Iwl in monrr ifO ra/*a\xra
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he sanction ot' his judgement. It ap>eared
to him to be cumbrous, complicated
and obscure in many of its
(revisions and difficult of application,
t subordinated the judiciary to politial
control and opened the treasury to
.n indefinite expenditure without the
equisite supervision, and in violation,
n his judgment, of the spirit if not the
etter of the provisions of the Constituion
that declared that no money shall
>e drawn out of the treasury except in
consequence of appropriations made by
aw.
In order to guard against the enactnent
of such a measure into l*w in his
absence and without the amendments ?vhick
he regarded as essential to pre ent
dangers not less distinct than
hose which it was intended to obviate,
le had reserved the right to vote (in
>is absence) with those Ilepablicans ...
vho favored the consideration of other
mportant measures, unless those modfications
were made. He had no ar angement,
agreement, or understanding
t ^press or implied, direct or indi ect,
remote or contingent, to have his
rote counted against the passage of the
slec'ion bill, and in that statement he
vas convinced that he would beconirmcd
and corroborated bv the Senator
rorn Iowa. He wa^ as ready now as
le had always been to proceed with its
:onsideration and (with modifications
.vmcn nenau always oeuevec essential;
.0 support it to the end.
Allison deemed it due to himself ;to
;uy that, on every occasion when ne
lad the opportunity, he had stated dismctly
that he had no pair with
^ugalls on votes respecting theeltfSWT ?
jill. X
The pension appropriation bill was
aken up. It appropriates for pension
or the year, 8133,173,085; for fees and
xpenses of examining surgeons, Sl,iOO.GOO;
for salaries of eighteen pension
[gents. ?72,000, and for clerk hire $300,100.
The latter item is increased by an
intendment of the committee on approbations
to ?400,000. Anotheramendnent
reported from the committee ,
trikes out the proviso limiting to 62 J
ts the compensation of pension attor- 1
iey, and inserts in lieu of it a proviso A
innting such compensation to So. A
The latter amendment save rise to a X
erv long discussion. In the course of ?|
he discussion, McPlierson inquired of
Vllison whether the amount appropri.ted
in the bill would be sufficient for
he year.
Allison believed that it would be,
admitted that there might be a deiciency
of live, six. eight or ten millions
tollars. On the other hand.there might
>e a surplus; but he thought it more
ikelv that there would be a deficiency,
McPherson asked how many applicaions
had been made under the last Act
last year.
Allison gave the number up to Janu,ry
lO.as 529,000, of which only eight or
line thous md had been yet allowed.
Quay moved to add to the provision
:s to lees the proviso that it shall not
.ppiy to any case now pending where
here is an existing lawful contract;
.nd Cockrell moved to add to Quay's
.rnci.umen* ine worus: in writing on
ile in the department.
Cockrell's amendment was disagreed
o and Quay's was agreed to.
Cockrell offered an amendment proiding
that hereafter no pension shall
ie allowed or paid to any oflicer, nonommissioned'ollicer,
or private.in the
rmy, navy or marine corps, either on
dive or retired iist. Agreed to with
ut division. '
All the committee amendments havn?
been agreed to, the bill was passed,
Stewart- not oli'ering: the amendment
if which he had given notice?to in-ert
the free coinage bill as a part of
he pension appropriation bill.
The Senate then on motion of Blair
ook up the House bill to provide for
he adjustment of the accounts of laborers,
workmen and mechanics arising
inder the eight hour law.
Blair explained the circumstances
I'hich formed the basis of the bill and
aid it had been estimated that it would
equire *1,200,Ox) to pay these claims,
iut his own opinion was that it would
equire a larger amount.
jw.vt's jsruvc. nuiice ui ?iu smeiiumtrm.
n the way of a substitute, requiring
he payment for overtime notwith- --tanding
any agreement to the con*
rary. .
The bill was then laid aside and a
lumber of others taken from the calnuar
and passed, among them theSente
biii to establish a marine board for
he advancement of the interests of
he merchant marine. After a short
coccinr t'no ad inn rnpH
\7?nt Home Drank.
Boston, Jan. 28'.?John F. Kelley
hot his father. Michael Kelley, aged 70
ears, inflicting a probably fatal wound,
t is alleged that Kelley came home inoxicatedat
about 11 o'clock, and enered
a room on the iirst lioor in which
vas a woman at the point of death.
Celiey quarreled with poople in the
oom. creating a disturbance and in a
ime went up to his own apartment,
lis father remonstrated with hiin for
;is c-oudiict down stairs when the young
nan .shot him with a revolver.