The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 07, 1894, Image 1
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I PASSED BY THE HOUSFT]
THE INCOME TAX GOtS THROUGH!
AS AN AMENDMENT
i
TotheTiirrlJ Zill? M*ny Ainendmerts to |
the Internal Kivstu? General De- j
bate Closed Yesierday,
Washington, Jan. 30.?The House j
very promptly went into committee of i
m the whole to consider the tariff bill this j
morning on motion of Richardson cf j
Tennessee, having dispensed with the !
call of commiiteas for reports. |
The consider 4 ion of the ineome tax j
bill whs resunrcd acd Cover': (Dem) of I
New York, took up the thread cf his
armament againsi. iH> declared that j
tbe oil! extremely sectional in if3 |
provisions and would . bear with par-1
tir?in<ar cpror-i'v on North and
Ease. j
Cox (Deta.) of Tennessee, spoke ia I
defense or the income tax.
^ Bartleti (Dem.) of X??w York, in dep
nouDCing tne bin, said it was pruposed I
by a branch of the Democratic party
I wbich affiliated with tbe Populist party
and demanded the free coinage oil
both gold and silver at the present ratio.
Lafe Pence, the Populist member
from Colorado, delivered a stirring and
ringing speech in favor of the income
tax. Tbe preceding speaker had characterized
tne bill as a Populist measure.
He admitted that in tbe Omaha
convention the Populist party had de
r clared ror a graduated income tax, and
inline with that platform be proposed
to offer an amendment to that end
when the bill was up for amendment.
He favored a graded tax, beginning
with l per cent, ou incomes of 82,500
and running ud to 5 per cent, on incomes
of S100.000 or mov*.
? Pendleton of West Virginia, delivered
aD earnest appeal in the interest
of harmony in the Democratic partv
It had been claimed on the other side
?^ ? rT?~~ ?i>nt a-QQ
Ui. me xiuusr cuao wcic ?vwv?.v?
in the ranks of the West Virginia delegation,
buthe positively affirmed that
whiie the Wilson bill bore somewhat
heavily on the products of his State, all
tte representatives of West Virginia,
?<4m as well as of Virginia, would stand
shoulder to shoulder in support of the
Wilson bill. And as those States hacs
swallowed the free lumber, free coal
and free iron pills, the Xew York
Democrats shoulu swallow the income
tax medicine and help the bill through
its final passage. He predicted that
when the rime came for a final vote,
not a single Southern Democrat would
be found lurking in the camp of the
enemy. (Democratic applause.)
Johnson of Ohio, devoted himself to
^ an elaboration of his free trade and
single tax theories, the latter presenting,
he said, the only solution to the
labor question. He would vote for the
income tax, but he should do it under
protest and as the lesser of the two
evus.
Simpson (Pop) of Kansas, said that
^ the income tax bad been sneered at as
a Populist measure, but while the memajgpfc
bers of that party on the floor were
a& few and were despised on the Demoggkratic
side and despised on the liepubHTiatcr,
the li my wo aid cume wnenj
^ihe doctrine of the Populists would be j
advocated, because they were right.!
I a he announced tha" he
of an income tax lirst,
be time, whether it was a
smocratic or Kepublican
democratic applause.)
em.) of New York, an ope
income tax, was recog-1
nticipatlon of hearing
y ds of people llocked to,
d the galleries were tilled,
objections to an income!
y and varied. It would j
ion, and as such a blow
leniai principle on whicb j
iect was founded. Iti
uisitoiial, and hence ini-!
believed rich men fav-j
hey would thereby ulti-!
a "larger control of the I
*>?-? ?-* fV??iTT cj-n i ri f Artav '
.lx^J ivwwj i
ggi Democratic authority
HHHH^HHOTrcposKi >-->. and ;:racng
Hrltx. II. Stephens, of Geori;;
I an internal revenue tax
Sr. this country.
Any k;r-id of revenue
^fckran: A". < k?r,d.
iJ'in: L'vOS lie gentleman from
By York advocate new and :;ere ?Re I
S MPal of all interna' revtDiw taxes ? !
|K'cckr?D: If that p opesitiou v.v*-e
^Kei-->re the House I would not h*-s)t.ar.e
SWTto say yes?Dot a rr.tjcent. (L>tn ;<
fflr cratic applause."i I \v.uid be g!ao to
see ewry gauger ;?r-d internal revenue
collector in the cour tn turned out of
office. I have alwajs believed tnat
the duty of this people is to support i:s
government by a tariff levied for revenue
only. On that position I nave
stood on"tnis iloor, and I continue to
stand. 1 have vet to discover the man
?a son of Georgia?who is going to
declare that the Teaching of Alexander j
II. Stephens is heresy. What gentle-1
m?n i?t ooii.17 in definre that we have
outlivtd the leadership or Bayard.
Thurman and Jk fTersi.ii V Are we to
have new iea-.lers in tb?- persons of the
gentleman from Tennessee (MeMiIlii.),
itur gentleman from Illinois (Fit.liao)
and tut- gentleman trom Georgia (Livingston)?
Are these to be our new
apostles? Are we to go before tne
pJe and say: "Behold our j.rogres-o
6ee bow the Democratic party has
grown" (Laughttr and applause.)
Are we to have a new gos. tl preachtU
and to say that we have imbibed oiher
doctrines ;rom the lights or the Democratic
parry V "Iprottst agamst tnat
treason. I ask no privileges for any
class. 1 object to them ail. 1 demand
for even citizen of the country equality
betcfe ilie law. As I believe in
equality of salvation and in the love of
the Heavenly Father, so I stand here
now for one policy, <me country, one
law, oLe God, one Democratic faitn,
one general prosperity fur all the people,
without distinction of class, ot
wraith, of race. (Loud and general applause,
which was t\wcr repealed.)
When order was restored, Bryan
(Dem.) of Nebraska, rose to reply, "lie
complimented the eloquence 7 f Cochran,
but said that the David pc bies of
truth would be more effective than the
Goliath javelin of error. Continuing,
nesaia: ine oojeciioiis urgeuagainst j
the Income tax are more numerous
than weighty, S:>me have denied the
constitutionality of the income tax,but I
the Supreme Court Lnd settled the
question beyond controversy in the
bpriDger case. A very lew have denied
tne justice of an income tax. The
principle is endorsed by nearly all
writers on political economy and commends
itself to every unprejudiced
mind. A Xew York paper coutained
a few days a sketch oi the richest |
woman in the UuUed States with pro-1
perty worth Stk>,000,000 and an income
of probably more than 83,000,000. She
lives in a cheap boarding house and
brings her living txptnses within >500
or Sol-0. Who will say that it is just
that she should pay the same amount
of tax to support the federal government
that is paid by a family with an
income of 8500 or 8000. While this is
an extreme case, it is nevertheless true
that a tax upon consumption bears
much more heavily upon the poor than,
upon the rich ia proportion to their
means.
The main objection which has been
urged against this bill is that it is inexpedient.
It is accused of being inquisitorial,
but It is no more so than
customs taxes, interna! revenue taxes |
and State taxes. The personal prop-1
erty taxes collected in nearly all the j
States are far more inquisitorial than j
the ircorne tax. It is said that it in- j
vit<s perjury. This government has j
tco much important business on hand |
j to lose time looking after the morals
of men whose veracity is not worth j
j two cents on the dollar. The fact that
j some may escape the tax is no objec-1
kion to the law. It is objected tnat
j this tax will endanger the tariff bill.
11 am not afraid that any Democratic
member will refuse to relieve the c^mj
mon people of the heavy burdens
: placed upon them by the McKlnley
, bill for iear he wili iajpose a light bur!
tfen by means of an income lax upon
those who are amply able to bear it.
The nf rtrvar.'s speech was the
! signal for vociferous aDplause, cries of
"vote, vote" and chf>erlDg. Immediately
after, without waiting fDr the
hour of 5:30 to come, the committee
rose and the House took a recess until
8 o'clock tonight.
the last day.
Washington, Jan. 31.?This was
the last day of general debate on the
tariff bill. It opened in the House with
a f:?ir attendance in the galleries and
rather a slim attendance on the floor.
After the committees being called for
reports, the House went into a committee
of the whol8 to consider the
tariff bill.
Tate, of Georgia, offered the first
amendment to the internal revenue
bill. It proposes to strike out the last
three sections of the bill which includes
a tax of 51 a gallon on distilled
spirits, and also the clauses referring
to bonding of distilled spirits and their
withdrawal from warehouses. This
would leave the existing law as to spirits
in force.
Ourhwaite offered the following
amendment: That on and after the
passage of this act there shall be levied
and collected a tax on all distilled spirits
produced In the United States *on
which a tax is not paid before that
day, per proof gallon, or wine, when
J below proof, 90 cents if paid within
five days after date of distillation or
entry into bond; SI if paid after five
days and within one year, $1.10 if paid
after one year and within two years,
$1.20 if paid after two years and within
three years, and SI.30 if paid after
four years.
Outhwaite's substitute for the whisfepv
sections of :he revenue bill was de
feated?yeas 12, nays 87.
Bland offered a substitute to permit
distillers at the expiration of the bonded
period to pay into the Treasury the
cost of exportation and importation of
liquor under the present regulations,
the product to remain in this country.
This was defeated without opposition.
Dingley, (Rep.) of Maine, offered an
amendment striking out of the original
text of the bill the ligure 6 where they
occurred, as the time for regauging,
and insert the figure 3 in each case.
This would leave the law practically as
it exists at present.
r Plogley's amendment was carried?
SI yeas to 75 nav3. Tellers were asked
for and on this vote the amendment
was again carried?105 in the affirmative
and 86 in the negative. This is the
first and only amendment, which the
Republicans have succeeded in incorporating
in the bill. The amendment
offered by Tate, striking cut the last
three sections of the bill, thus leaving
the law as to spirits as at present, as
amended by Dingley's amendment, was I
voted on, after the chairman had, with
some difficulty,made the question clear
to the House. It appealed that should
the amendment be adopted it would
leave the period of bond at three years
while raising a tax from 90 cents to
SI. The amendment was lost.
A number of amendments were rap[
idly offered, some in the nature of subi
stitutes, and a bad parliamentary tangle
resulted. When this was straightened
out cnly one of the amendments
had gone through to adoption?extending
the operations of the law to the dis-;
tilled spiriis in bend at the time the
law should go into effect.
Tucker, of "Virginia, offered, an
amendment to the income tax section
of the bill, excluding trom its opera
i tion charitable institutions ana corpo!
rations and organizations doing busi!
uf-ss in the States not for profit. The
amendment was agreed to.
WhitiDg, Democrat, of Michigan, offered
one amendment to the wine
schedule of the tariff oili proper, fixing
the duty on stilled wines at 30 cents
per gallon when below 14 per cent, alcohol
and at 50 cents when above. Also
exempting the bottles or jugs fron?
duty/ Agreed to.
liynum, Democrat, of Indiana, offered
a committee amendment deducting
from the calculated income of farmers
and stock raisers the amount expended
in the purchase or production
of such product or production, which
was ag.eed to.
Springer, Democrat, of Illinois,offered
an amendment providing that inheritances
or' property should be subjected
to the provisions of the income tax.
Bynum, Democrat, of Indiana, offered
an amendment to this amendment
including in the enumeration of incomes
everything received by gift, devised
or inheritance. After some discussion
both amendmehta were adopted.
Among the tiocd of amendments that
failtd or adoption was one offered bv
Msguire of California, striking out all
ih? provisions of the bill relating to
iaxrs oa inromes, and in llet* thereof
pr vidiug for a direct iax of $31,311,125
of apportionment among the States
anu aisj for a direct tax on land values.
The following were the only members
who voted for it: John3on of
Ohio. Maeuire, of California, Warner,
ot New York, Harter of Ohio, and
Simpson of Kansas. The Internal avenue
bill was then agreed to as an
amendment to the tariff bill by a vote
of 175 to 56.
Among the Kepubiicans who voted
in favor of tae amendment were White
of OS 10, JBowers of California, Taylor
of Tenner s.-e, Bartholdt of Missouri
and Bucdy of Ohio. Tne entire New
York delation voted solidly against
it. Great cheering and applause greeted
the result. Wilson of West Virgin
ia then oj'ered an amendment to increase
the tariff on barley trom 2G per
cent, to 25 per cent, and on barley
malt from 30 per cent, to 35 per cent.
Several amendments were offered to
Wiison's amendment, and the liiibusterir.g
which was started late last Saturday
aturnoon on the same question,
was renewed. The opponents of a
higher duty on barley were able to
till buster away the ten or hfteen min
uica w iiitu irjuniuca uavic uuc ictcoo.
V/ilson iinaliy moved that debate be
closed, and a "vote was finally taken on
this last motion, but although the Republicans
and some of the Democrats
rushed to get between the tellers, the
hour of 5^3u arrived before a quorum
had voted, and the House went into recess,
and the barley schedule again
weot over.
Mr. Talbert of South Carolina was
j one of the speakers at the evening sesl
sion last night, but the reporters accl
dentally omitted to state the fact. Talbert
made an earnest appeal to the
committee to vote for the 'income tax
amendment, his remarks, though brief,
were strong and forcible, lit was for
the masses, as against the classes.
Dt a'tiTUrough a K s-,
Susquehanna, Pa., Jan. 30.?Au
affectionate kiss, imprinted upon the
rosy cheek of a beautiful tlaxeu hiried
grandchild, has suddenly terminated ti.s
festivities cf a golden wedoiog. Tbe
aged grandfather is r:o more, and Ik;
widow, overcome with grief, is not likely
to recover.
It was a joyou3 company of }oun<r,
middle asred and ased people who con
J _ L." "?t If. 1
gregmeu nt tue uuiue ?n ^xu. uuv. *111?.
Samuel Larkia cq Thursday. They
met in honor of the fiftieth wedding anniversary
of their host aod hostess, who
cad vassed their allotted threescore
years au 1 ten, and were still in the ?uju;
men* of perfect health.
Several sweet faced, lau?hia? grandchildren
were present to contribute
their share of sunshine to the occasiou.
Little 5-year-old Mary id wards, with
her bright blue eyes and light tresses,
was there. A''ter kissing her grandmother
affectionately, she sprang up in
her grandfather's lap, exclaiming,
"Grandpa. I have lots of kisses and a
bear hus for you."
Then the old man pressed the 3weet
face of his favorite grandchild to his,
fervently remarking: "God bless you,
Llary; no company would he complete
without you; you are the embodiment
of sunshine itself, and I trust vou wil
grow to be a noble woman.''
"Tell me how much you love me,
granpa." said the child, "and then I
will give you the kissvs and the bear
hug."
"I cannot tell you how much I love
you, child" answered the old man, "but
I can assure you it is a big lot."
Then Grandfather Larkia imprinted
kips alter kiss upon ice ruoy cuee^s.
and the child, delighted dt the manifestation
of affection, returned the compliment,
and throwing her little arms about
the old man's neck, gave, the promised
"bear hu^." She then crawled down
from Grandpa's lap, and busied hersell
for a time among the others of the company.
An hour later, and just before
the joyous party were about to partake
of dinner, tbe same little Mary approached
her grandfather, remarking:
"Grandpa. I want to give you one
more kiss before dinner, and then I
want you to sit by me at the table."
The old man Bmiled and lifted the little
girl in his arm3. TVo minutes later
he felt a tickliog sensation in his
throat, and realized that in returning
tbe last kiss a hair had caught in his
mouth and been sucked into his windpipe.
This immediately produced, bard fits
of coughing and before relief could be ob
tained a blood vessel was rupiured, and
death resulted instantly. Consternation
reigned for a time, and the aged partner
of the unfortunate teptua^enarian,
overcome with grief, fell m a swoon.
She rallied an hour later, but it is though,
ber ?reat grief will cause her dc-atti in a
short lic:e.
Caused by Speculation.
Ellayille, Ga., Jan. 31.?The shock
to the people of Ellaville was great
when it was announced on Monday
morning that the Planters 13ank had
been burglarized and robbed of all its
money, but it was nothing in comparison
to the effect upon them when it was
generally known at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon that Cashier J. E. Clark, who
was esteemed so highly by all the people,was
most probably the perpetrator
of the crime. Early this morninar, he
went to the nearest'drug store and procured
half an cunce of laudanum, pretending
that he wanted it for toothache
which he swallowed as soon as he reached
hi? room. He was shortly afterward
intervewed by three prominent
bank officials, to whom he confessed
that he had taken the money, and that
moo fob-an with CniAlrl^l
OLiU ^auuau UUl UUO IC*?IV<U mvu WU>V*uvm
intent. An emetic was at once auministered
and the poison promptly expelled.
Detective Jone3 from A'tlanta, has
been here for the past two days work
ing the case up, and within less than
four hours after he arrived, he pointed
out Cashier Clark as the robber oi:
the bank.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
a bag of silver was found among a pile
of rubbish in the back part of the i>nsuk |
! building and showed do signs of having
oeun burned by any kind of ex- j
'plosive. The six steel plugs which pro- j
ject into the soilid wall of the safe wneu
fastened were uninjured,norwasthesafe
harmed in any respect except that the
door was blown from its hinges. These
facts led to the conclusion that Casher
Clark had removed the money, tilled the
powder, placed his fuse in position
closed but not fastened the door and
then applied the match, which conclusions
are thought to be true by Clark
confessing. The holes drilled into the
outer door of the vault and into tli-sai'e
door were put there as a blind. The
tools used were found at Clark's direction
in the bottom of an old wrll neer
the depot. Something over 84, OuO has
been fuunn 83,600 of which was in
Clark's pocket and trunk. Speculation
in cotton futures, ClarK claims caused
him to make way withabout 83,500 aud
he adopted this plan to coital it.
His parentsiive in Americas, Gh.
Alter Mr. Carlisle.
WAsnixeTON, Jan. 29.?General Master
Sovereign and General Secretary
Hayes of tne Koights of Liborwili
Monday morning flie their bill in equity
against Secretary Carlisle. It is a
bill for in;unction, sued out by Sovereign
for himself and the Knights of
Labor, praying that the secretary ana
his confederates may be required to
make answer under oath upon what
basis of the status of necessity'
they claim the right to issue
bonds specified in the recent treasury
circular and to specifically aDswer
whether such bonds are to be made
payable in United SUtes sold coin or
otherwise anu why the necessities, if
any existing, should not be met oy the
coinage of silver now in possession of
defendant, and especially why it Is
proposed to sell bonds to a greater
amount than is required to make up
the deticit in the hundred million geld
reserve. Tnev ask for a preliminary
injunction to restrain the selling of the
bonds, and, after hearing the case, that
the injunction be made perpetual.
Peiuloa 7hl?t Caughr,
Chattanooga, Tean., Jan.30.?Rev
C. W.Lewis, colored, wich maay aliassj
was jailed today by Special Pension
Examiner Fitzpatrick, and the most
gigantic pension frauds ever known in
the South have been unearthed, which
will lead to the arrest or p ubably a
hundred negroes implicated with Lewis
in swindling the Government. Lewis
himself drew a fat pension, and on
evidence of his own manufacture secured
pensions for others. He appeared
as a witness in numberless cases, and
stole a notary's seals and for^-d the
names of notaries to false affidavits.
He has operated here, in Kansas City,
New Orleans and other points. There
I are twenty-seven charges against him
I up to this'time, and more are coming !
~ DEMOCRACY'S DAY!
AFTER MANY YEARS THE PEOPLE
HAVE THEIR WILLThe
\V.l4uu iilll !*<<?*ed?II Is Carried by
a Vote f f 'JO I te / lO-Lobblfn aDd Gal*
le;j:s J<uim;(t-L't(li?n Crowd the
I'ioor.
Washington, Fob. i.?As the
hour the meeting oi too House approached
to-day, the galleries were
crowded to the doors, the aisles were
used as scats, the doors presented the
appcarauce of living pyramids, aDd.
back of them was a solid mass of humaaiiy,
hoping against hope that they
might yyvae time gei within seeing and
hearng distance of the closing of the
yrca: tarill' debate. The elevators ran
to Uie gallery noor neavuy iaueu miu
humeri freight, but no one waa able
to i^ct exit from them through the liviuii
wall of struggling, pushing men and
women that were packed solidly to the
elevator fence. Even the members of
the press were, in many cases, unable to
gain access to the gallery lobby reserved
for them, and as there was no possibility
of getting up by wav of the elevators,
the only way by which they could make
any headway ai all was by going up the
stairway and lighting their way through
ihe crowd by brute force.
The scene on the floor of Lhe House
was iust as exciting as m the galleries,
and there was an air of eager expectancy
on the face* of the members as they
moved about the floor and gathered in
icuots to discuss the all-important question
ji the day. The Speaker's table
was oranameDted with a magnitlcient
bunch oi long stemmed Maiechal Neil
roses.
Immediately atter the reading of yesterday's
journal, Lock wood (Dem.) of
Xew York, made the point ot no quorum,
and the roll wa3 called, disclosiug
the presence of 221 members. Dur
ing the progress ot ttie can toe nouse
was several times disturbed by noise
in the gallery, uutil finally the Speaker
bad to order the roll call suspended
wbile he ad'nonished the galleries to
preserve order, and directed the doorkeepers
to clear the spaces about the
doers. In pursuance ot this order a
policeman entered the public gallery
direcily opposite the Speaker and behind
the big clock, but for some time
was unable to get the crowd out or to
get out himself. Finally, after a noisy
struggle, he managed to escape himself,
leaving the crowd in poi3essIcn.
The House then weat into committee
of the whole, and^ook up the question
pending when the House adjourned
yesterday. Wilson's motion to close debate
on the barley amendmeat, and
the House divided. Wilson and Warner
(Dem.) o( New York then took
their places as tellers, and the motion
was agreed to?179 io the affirmative
and u.<ne in negative.
The question " then recurred oo the
amendments to the barley schedule
ollered late yesterday afternoon. These
were, an amendment by Wilson, raising
the duty on barley from 20 per cent, to
25 per cent., and on barley malt from
25 per cent, to 30 per cent., and several
other amendments amending Wilson's
omdnnm?nf.. More wftrfi fiddfid. which
were defeated a3 fast as votes could be
taken. The House was dividing upon
one of them when the hour of 12 arrvied,
and, iu accordance with tbe special order,
the committee rose, and the chairman,
(Richardson of Tennessee,) re
ported to the Speaker that the House had
hsd under consideration House Bill 4,8G4,
to reduce taxation and had adopted
several amendments. The Speaker then
annousced that uuder the special order
three hoars would be allowed for debate.
By thi3 time the jam in the corridors
had becornc so great that progress
through them was diincult and wellnigh
impossible. The diplomatic and
executive galleries filled up under the
pressure for seals by others than those
for whom they are generally reserved,
and the demands upon Speaker Crisp by
members for the admission ot their wives
and daughters weli-nigh drove him franco.
Finally by tacit consent, the floor was
opened io the visitors, and they took
their place3 in the lobby ben-ad
in the hall back to the sides ot
the chamber in the gallery, there was
{ oank'e-.' a mass oi Humanity utterly unable
to move and almost unable to
oreathe. Comfortable respiration was
! *a impossibility.
[ The Speaker recognised lleed, (Rep.)
of Maiue. This was the signal for a
spontaneous outburst of applause, which
the Speaker made an etfcortto check.
Cbeers and applause rang out over the
ual-eries, which continued lor some time.
Few speakers In the House have ever
had a grander audience hanging upon
their words. There was not a vacant
space to be seen in the House, and here
and there throughout the hall were seen
"oi-.s of color iniicating the presence of
Udies. Several members ot the Senate
came over to witness tne scenes in the
Lower House, while among the distinguished
visitors in the galleries was
Cardinal J^ibbons, easily iecosdlzed by
bis flauiiug red skullcap and neck-cloth;
auu ou the floor was Sishop Newman.
Speeches were made by Rted, the
Speaker and Wilson, the author cf the
bill, wqo closed the deba!eAt
the conclusion of Mr. Wilson's
sp.-tch, there wa3 enacted a scene of
wild enthusiasm, such as has never before
been witnessed in the House with
in the memory ot the oldest memoer.
The applause which broke out at frequent
in', ervals during thespeech overleaped
ail bounds when Wilson tried to
f?ke his seat. Cheer after cheer rang
out again and ayain, men threw their
hats and papers in the air and women
waved their handkerchiefs; Breckenridge
of Arkansas embraced the
speaker and a crowd of demonstrative
admirers headed by Bryan of Nebraska
and Tucker of Virginia, raised Wllsun
on their shoulders and carried him
i!i triumph out of the hall and to his
committee room.
Amid the din and confusion of the
House, the Speaker announced that deoate
vvaj closed and that, pursuant to :
the special order, the House wouid
vote upon the amendments. Pending
this, Mr. Burrows called attention to
the fact that the House could not
transact any business while the House
was in such an uproar, and he assed
that the iloor be cleared. This was accordingly
ordered, and in ten minutes
after the completion of Wilson's speech
tLt- House was cleared of its visitors
and had subsided to its usual state of
comparative trauq-amty.
The Speaker annouoced that the vote
would lirst be taken on Tawney's
amendment, raising tbe duty on barley
Irom 20 per cent, to 22 cents per
| bushel, ar.-<! on malt from 30 per cent.
| to 32 cents per bushel. The yeas and
i nays were ordered on Tawney's amend
ment and it was defeated, yeas 120,
nays 197.
Wilson's amendment raisins the duty
on barley frcm 20 per cent*, to 25 per
cent, ad valorem, and on barley malt
from 30 per cent, to 33 per cenr,., whs
then voted on and agreed to: Ye^s204;
nays 114. Separate votes were demanded
on the following amendments,
adopted in committee of the whole.
By Johnson (Dem.) of Ohio, on '.he
amendment providing that the wool
paragraph should take eifest August 2,
1894; by Charles \V. Stone (Ilep.) of
Pennsylvania, on the amendment striking
out the reciprocity clause of the
~ n/>V>A/-l HIA A n /) K*T
peuiuicuui soucuuic, auu uj Ljcrciai
New York Democrats uu the income
tax amendment. Xhe other amendments
(inclnding the two important
amendments to the sugar schedule, and
those repealing the bounty on sugar
and putting refined sugar on the free
list) were agn.vd to, on a viva voce
vote.
There was a difference of opinion as
to which amendment to the wool schedule
should be voted on. Johnson's
(Democrat of Ohio) provided that the
wool schedule shouid take effect immediately
after the bill is passed. This
was agreed to In committee of the
whole, but subsequently the committee
at Mr. Wilson's instance, adopted another
amendment striking out all after
the first three words of the Jc'inson
amendment and inserting August 2.
1894, for raw wool, and December 2,
1891, for woollen manufacturers. The
Johnson amendment was agreed to.
The vote was then taken on Wilson's
Srst amendment, and it was also carried
on a standing vote of 205 ayes to
47 nays. The second amendment was
also carried on a rising vote, ayes 19'3,
nays 42. The effect is to Gx tne date of
the wool schedule at August 2, and of
the woollen schedule at Ddcemb.-r 2.
The amendment striking off the provision
regarding reciprocity on petroleum
was also agreed to on a standing
vote, ayes 170, nays 44.
On the internal revenue amendment,
Cockran asked if the propositions could
be divided and a separate vote taken
on the income tax feature, but the
Speaker held that it could not. Cockran
then called for the yeas and nays
on the entire amendment, and it was
carried amid applause, yeas 1>>2, nays
50.
The Democrats who voted against the
internal revenue bill (with the income
tax feature) were: liartlett of New
York, Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania,
Brawlev of South Carolina, Campbell
of New'York, Causey of Delawre, Cl?ucy
of New York, Cockran of New
York, Compton of MarylaDd, Coombs
of New York, Covert of New York,
Cummings oi; New York. Davey of
Louisiana, Da Forest of Connecticut,
Dunn of New Jersey, Dunphy of New
York. English of New Jersey.
Everett of Massachusetts, Fielder
of New Jersey, Geisacnhatner of New
Jersey, Hain?s of New York, llarter
of Ohio, Hendrtx of New i'ork, Lapt
T"> I ? ~ ~ ^ T
nam us. xvuuuo xaicmu, uuv/a?vuu uc
New York, Magner of New York, McAleer
of Pennsylvania, McKaic: of
Pennsylvania, Mayer of Louisiana,
Mutchler of Pennsylvania, O'Neill of
Massachusetts^m&e of F'.ode Island,
Price of Lou?ontAjr; rtayrror of Maryland,
TifiiUy o?. Vnnsvivaiiia, Itusk of
Maryland, Ityan of New York, Schermerhorn
of New York,Sicki*;s of New
York, Sperry of Connecticut, Stevens
of Massachusetts, Talbott of Maryland,
Warner of New York, Wolverton of
Pennsylvania. The Ptepublicans who
voted for the internal revenue bill
were: Bowers of California, Fletcher
of Minnesota, Ilartman of Montana,
March of Illinois, Pickler of South Dakota,
.Sweet of Idaho, White of Ohio.
With the exception of these votes and
those of McCall of Massachusetts,
Powers of Yermont and Scranton of
Pennsylvania, who voted azainst the
the internal revenue amendment", the
Republicans refrained from voting on
this proposition.
The amendments in committee having
all been agreed to in the House the
question was upon the eu^rossing and
third reading of the bill and it was
agreed to.
Covert (Dem.) of New York, offered
a resolution of recommittal; and on
this demanded the previous question.
Covert demanded the yeas and nays,
but this demand was voted downayes
36, noes 227?not one-iifth seconding
the demand. The motion to recommnn
Hion /-? of O'J {?1,-1 hp C} Vrtfa tlf 1 (13
Hil 0 WOO LUtU .\S\JL KJJ w. ?www
to 177, the announcement ot the vote
being greeted with loud applause.
The Speaker theu put the question,
"Shall the bill pass?1' and, the yeas and
nays being demanded on this, t^e roll
was called amid the mos?t iatenso interest
on the floor and in the galleries. As
the names of the doubtful Democrats
were reached, and they voted "aye" or
"no," applause, cheers and sometimes
good-natured bantering following their
votes. The greatest applause followed
Cockran's vote of "aye," ana also Cummings's
negative vote, and the aflirmative
vote of Everett of Massachusetts,
Geissenhainer of New Jersey, Lockwood
of New York, Magner, McAleer,
Tracy, Beltzhoover, Warner, JJlanchard j
and boatner. And Republican applause
greeted the votes in the negative of
Campbell, Covert, Cummings. Duvey
of Louisiana, Geary of California,
Ilaines of New York, Ilendrix of New
Jersey, Price of Louisiana, Robertson of
Louisiana, Schermerhorn of New York, j
Sibley of Pennsylvania, tickles of New |
York and Sperry of ' onnecticut. When
the names of Wilson and me Speaker
were called, great cheers greeted their
answers of "aje."
The Populists all voted lor the bill,
except Newlands of Nevada. The vote
was announced at 5.55 o'clock as follows
: Yeas 203; nays UO; so the bill
was declared passed, with a wild shout
from the floor' and the galleries.
A later and more careful examination
of the vote showed that 204 had voted
for the bill, including the Speaker. The
announcement was greeted with cheeriDg
and applause in the galleries and
ontbello:>r, which continued until the
House adjourned.
The usual motion to reconsider and
to lay on the table were made by Wilson
and were carried, and the House
then, at 5.*), adjourned till tomorrow
at 12 o'clock.
The following is the detailed vote on I
the passage of the bill:
Yeas?Abbotr, Alderson. Alexander,
Allen, Arnold, Baile, Baker, Baldwin,
Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, Bell or' Colorado,
Bell of Texas, Beltzhoover, Berry,
Black of Georgia, Black of Illinois,
Blanchard, Boatner, Boen, Bower oi
North Carolina, Branch, Brawlev,
Breckenridge of Arkansas, Breckenridge
of Kentucky, Bretz, Brickner,
Brookshire, Brown, Bryan, Bunn,
Burnes, Bynum, Cabaniss, Caminetti,
Cannon of California, Capehart, Carutb,
Catchings, Causey, Clancy, Clark
of Missouri, Clark of Alabama, Cobb of
Alabama, Cobb of Missouri, Cockran,
Cockreli, Coffeeo, Compton, Conn,
Coombs, Cooper of Florida. Cooper of I
Indiana, Cooper of Texas, Cornish, Cox, |
^raia, urawioru, cujyruuu, x/a?io ?,-a i
Kansas. Dearmond, De Forrest, DeosoD,
Densmore, Dockery, Donovan, Duqd,
DuDphy, Diirborro^v, Edmunds, Ellis
of Kentucky, English, Enloe, Epes,
Erdman, Everetr, Fielder", Fithiao,
Forman,Fyan,Geissenhainer, Goldzier, i
Goodnight, Gorman, Grady, Greshim, j
Griffin, Hall of Minnesota, Hall of Missouri,
Hammond, Hare, Harris, Ilarter,
Hatch, Hayes, Heard, Henderson of
North Carolina, Hin'es, Holman, Hooker
of Mississippi, Houk of Ohio, Hudson,
Hunter. IIutchesoD, Ikirt, Johnson
of Ohio, Jones, Kern. Kilgore,
Kribbs, Kyle, Lane, Laphan, Latimer,
Lawsou,Layton, Lester, l^isie, Livingston,
Lock wood, Lynch, Maddox, Magner,
McGuire, " tallorv, Marshall, Martin
of Indiana, McAleer, McCrearv of
Kentucky, McCulloch, McDannold,
McDearmon, McEttrick, McGann, McKaig,
MeKeighan, McLaurin, McMillin,
Mcllae, McNagny, Meredith, Money.
Montgomery, Morgan, Moses, Mutchler,
Xeill, Gates, O'Neill of Massachusetts,
Outhwaite, Paschal, Patterson,
Paynter, PearsoD, Pence. Pendleton of
Texas, Pendleton of West Virginia,
Pigot, Uayner, Reillv, Richardson of
Ohio, Richardson of Michigan, Richardson
of Tennessee, Ritchie, Robbies,
Rusk, Russell of Georgia, Ryan,
Sayers, Shell, Simpson, Snodgrass,
Somers, Springer, Staliings, Stockdale.
Stone of Kentucky, Strait, Swanson,
Talbert of South Carolina, Talbott of
Maryland. Tarsney, Tate, Taylor
of Indiana, Terry, Tracey, Tucker,
rn : ? /-vm
turner, xuryiu, ?yiKi, namci, tfasuington,
We'adcck, Wells. Wheeler of
Alabama, Whiting, Williams of Illinois,
Williams of Mississippi, Wilson
of West Virgina, Wise, Wolverton,
Woodward and Charles F. Crisp, Speaker?204.
Nays?Adams of Kentucky, Adams
of Pennsylvania, Aitken, Aldrich, Apsley,
Avery, Bibcock, Baker cf New
Hampshire, Bartheldt, Bartlett, Bslden,
Bingham, Blair, Boutelle, Bowers of
California, Broderick, Brosius, Bundy,
Burrows, Cadmus, Caldwell, Campbell,
Cannon of Illinois, Chickering, Childs,
Cogswell, Copper of Wisconsin, Cousins,
Covert, Cummings, Curtis of New York.
Dalzell, Daniels, Davey of Louisiana,
Dingley, Dolliver, Doolittle, Draper,
Fllis of Oregon, Fletcher, Funk, Funsfon,
Gardner, Gear, Geary, Gillet of
New York, Gillett of Massachusetts,
Grosvenor, Grout, Hager, Hainer of
Nebraska, Haines, Harmer, Ilartman,
Haugen, Heiner of Fennsylvania, Henderson
of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa,
Hendrix, Hepburn, Herman, Ilicks,
Ililborn, Hitt, Hooker of New York,
Hopkins of Illinois, Hulick, Hull, Johnson
of Indiana, Johnson of North Dakota,
Joy. Keifer, Lacev, Lefeyer, Linton,
Loudenslager, Lucas, Mahon,
March, Maryin of New York, McCall,
McCieary of Minnesota, McDowell,
Meikeljohn. Mercer, Meyer, Moon,
Morse, Murray, Newlands, Northway,
PageJ Payne, Perkins, Phillips, Pickler,
Post, Powers, Price, liandall, liav,
Peed, lieyburn, llobertsyi of Louisiana,
Kobinson of Pennsylvania, Ptussell
of Connecticut,Schermerhorn,Scranton,
Settle, Shaw, Sherman, Sibley, Sickles,
Smith, Sperry, Stephenson, Charles W.
Stone, William A.Stone, Storer, Strong
Tawney, Tavlor of Tennessee, Thomas
Updegralf, Van Voorhis of 2^w York,
Van voorhis or unio, w^u3wortn,
Walker, Wagner,* TCaug* Wever.
Wheeler of Illinois,. White, Wilson of
Ohio, Wilson of Washington, Woomer,
Wright of Massachusetts, Wright of
Pennsylvania?140. The absentees on
this vote numbered 13, of whom Hopkins
of Pennsylvania and Sweet of Idaho
had been in attendance during trie
day, but were compelled to leave before
the roll call. A physician was
picscut Willi Hopkins. Stevens, a
member of the committee on ways and
means, did not vote.
A. Singular Case.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 21.?The features
of the Harry Hill trial today were
the statements of the defendant and
the examinations of his aunt Mrs. Casey
ana his ex-partner and lawyer,
Eshols.
Hili, in his statement which he read,
declared that Mrs. Porter had given him
money on various occasions. The first
that she ever gave him was S100, which
she handed to him in the Dairy Kitchen,
Xew York, where they were lunching.
That was in 1886. The following
Christmas, she made him a present of
8lu0. The next year, 1887, she gave
him 8750. Of this she handed him 6500
at her own heme in Atlanta and the
otter 8250 she put in his pocket during
a carriage drive. In 1889, H 111 said he
accompanied her part of the way to
Macon. On parting she handed him
an envelope which upon opening he
found contained 8300. In 1890, he received
a letter from Mrs. Porter, containing
8859 and later in the year she
?ent him $400 by express. In 1891,
Mrs. Porter made the iirst note which
01 onn tt;h
Wria JLUi J. uio JJLlli UiOUV?? UUCU,
Iliil proceeded fo detail the a:d which
Mrs. Porter had rendered nim from
time totim^-; how she became a member
of th3 Wilson AVmskey Company,
unknown to her husband aDd brother.
This company was a bad invesement
aad cost Mrs. Porter heavily, as neither
of the other members of the concern
had anything to put in it. Probably
ten notes were made. Ilill declared
that in each instance Mrs. Porter either
signed them or he signed them in her
presence with her consent. Hill asserted
dramatically that he never
forged her name to a single note and
protested his innocence of the charge.
Airs. Casey, the defendant's aunt testified
that she was an intimate friend
of Mrs. L'orter's. The witness had declined
to invest her money in the Wilson
Whiskey Company and advised
Mrs 1'orter not to do so without informing
her family. "I said to her
that it would be discovered some day
aud that then her's would be the saddest
home in Atlanta."
Echols described the scene when he
informed Mrs. Porter that Kiil had
forged her name to notes. Mrs. Casey
was prtSsnt. Mrs. Porter was deeply
moved.
During the trial, a sharp personal
passage occurred between Charley Hill
the prosecuting attorney for the State,
and his own brother, Ben Hil), one of
the counsel for the defense. Judge
Clark had to call them to order. Harry
ilill, the defendant, is a cousin of his
lawyer and his prosecutor. Throughout
the trial, the court room has been
crowded by spectators who have waited
expecting something to crop out
which would have bearing on the scauHa'-knc
nimnra htihinf) itll this
Tee evidence will be concluded" tomorrow.
Voted 15 Down.
Yokktiile, Jan. 28.?The question
whether or not a dispensary should be
establisned in this town was voted on
yesterday and the vote said in an emphatic
way that no dispensary w;is
wanted. There were 71 votes for and
144 against its establishment. There
was a considerable amount of electioneering
doar on both sides. We hope
now that Tortvllle has said so emphatically
that she wants no State bar room
that the authorities will not only cease
to try to for?e one upon her, but will
use their power to throttle the blind
tiger.
Saved.
.New York. Jan. 27.?The steamer
France, from London, arrived today,
qaviog on board the captain and crew
of seventeen men of the lumber laden
Norwegian bark Havelock, from Fensacol
for Calais, abandoned, waterlogged,
in mid-ocean, thirty-nine days out.
The rescue was a hazardous one, but no
casualties occurred. The crew were in
the rigging when the France hove in
sight.
A BIG WAR HISTORY;
The Story of tha Late War to be Fialsbcd
Soon.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 21.?The
biggest literary work ever undertaken
in America is the military history now
being produced by Uncle" Sam, under
the litle of "War of the Rebellion,a
Compilation of the Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies."
It Is the largest history ever published
in the world. It was begun just twen
ty years ago and will be practically hnished
at the end of the next liseal year.
The whole work when completed will
embrace 120 huge royal octavo volumes
of 1,000 pages each, and a gigantic atlas,
and the ultimate cost wili be something
like ?2,500,000. Each separate
book in a set is three inches thicK and
weighs from 50 to GO ounces, and the
combined weight of an entire set will
be 520 pounds, while the volumes, if
set up in a row on a single shelf of
on;-'d library, would extend a distance
of 30 feet. Eleven thousand copies wili
be printed, so that the edition will
comprise 1,320,000 books of 1,000
printed pages, aggregating 1,320,000,000
pages of matter, exclusive of the atlas.
Up to this date 89 serial volumes
ha\e been published and about Sl>800,000
has been spent in all branches of
the work, or about 820,000 per volume.
The printing and binding alone cost
810,000 per volume, while the previous
preparation of each volume for the
orinte^'s hands cost an equal sum of
810,000.
The completed work will embrace
four series. The first deals in regular
chronological orderjwith all the military
operations in the field; the second with
ofncial correspondence and reports on
both sides relating to prisoners of war;
the third will cover matters not specially
related to the subjects treated in
toe nrac< ana secuiiu, wui:e uie luunu
will exhibit the correspondence, orders,
reports and returns of the Confederate
authorities in the same lins as
those of the Union officials set forth in
the third series.
The method of treatment pursued
throughout is altogether impartial and
non-partisan. Nothing is printed in 1
the volumes exc&pt duly authenticated
contemporaneous records of the war,
and newspaper accounts and private :
reports are rigidly exclude i.
The story of this story of the war?
the most extraordinary history of the
most extraordinary war on record?is
full of interest. The manner of its
publication is in many respects unique,
and some of the methods employed are
peculiar to itself. The first definite
step to execute the gigantic work were
taken in 1874, when Congress passed a
law providing the necessary means to
enable the Secretary of War to begin ;
publication; but some essential preliminaries
were gone through with ten
years before that date. Since then the
work has passed through many interesting
stages; but it has all been so
carefully done as to be perfectly harmonious
and complete.
Every available source of first-hand
information has bsen ransacked, and
contributions of official papers that do
not hapnen to be on file in the department
are being recovered in all parts of
the country. Many of these papers are
autograph messages and reports written
by the offleers in command of the
various armies and divisions engaged
in the struggle, and altogether they
form a priceless collection.
The distribution of the printed volumes
as they come out is conductcd on
an unusual plan in accordance with a
law of the 47th Congress, passed in
1882. Of the 11,000 copies ordered to be
printed 1,000 are set aside for the various
executive departments; 1,000 are
reserved for distribution by the Secretary
of War among army officers and
contributors to the work; 8,300 copies
are being sent to such libraries, prists,
organizations and individuals as were
designated to receive them by Senators,
Representatives and delegates of the
47th Congress, and the 700 copies over
are for sale at the war department,
(with a possible 500 more, owing to the
death of original beneticiaries.) at 10
per cent above the bare cost ot printing,
the proceeds to be covered into the
treasury. The book3 can be had at the
department by purchase at from 50 to
So cents per volume, if bound in black
clotb, and 81 extra per volume if
bound in half Turkey. Xone can be
had tree on application. The 89 serial
parts already published can be got for
?56.10 in cloth. The atlas, when complete,
will cost 812, or 40 cents a part,
there being 39 parts.
Supplemental to this vasi mass of
war records, now nearing completion,
will he ''Naval Records of the Rebellion,"
which i3 about to be b^gun on a
plan similar to that of the araiy record?,
though on a much smaller scale.
liant; UIlu.
Raleigh. Jan. 2T.?The daughter of
George M. Pearson has committed suicide
in Burke county. Her father did
not clothe her sufficiently, refused to
give her sufficient food and made her
ao a man's work. The child only 15
years old, complained that she was
t'red, hungry and sick all the time, and
that she was tired of life. She went
into the woods and hanged herself with
a small shawl. Pearsons is now under
indictment for instigating his son to
poison a man who stood between him
and a neighbors wife with whom he
was infatuated. He estranged the affections
of the man's wife and wishing
to be ucdistuibed in his possession it is
charged that he told his son to drop
in wat.pr2.nd frivfi it to this
man when he came from the field to his
dinner. The plan would have been
successful had not the boy weakened
at the last moment and confessed what
he was about to do.
Gen .Gordon's Lacturo.
Washington Jan. 27.?General
John P. Gordon delivered his famous
lecture, "The Last Days of the Confederacy,"
at Convention Ilall, before an
audience of 1,000 persons. General Scholieid
commander-in-chief of the United
States Army presided and half a hundred
men of prominece, consisting of
Union Generals, Confederate Generals
Senators and Representatives Republican
and Democratic acted as vice presidents.
Old war tiages of both armies
were placed on the stage and heartily
applauded. The lecturer was in good
voice and his description of the closing
scensat Appamattox were listened to
with the closest attention. The proeeed
of the lecture which will net a handsome
sum are to be turned over to Encampment
Xo. 69, Union Veterans
Legion and the Confederate Veteran
Association of the District, evenly aud
be distributed amongthe needy members.
Bought lor Gold.
Vancouver, Jan. 29.?A goldenhaired
half-breed Indian girl known as
T.nr>v Harrv. was soid to William Dei
den, of Tore. Moody, iast \reek for $150
cash. Tbe affair has caused great excitement
here. Lucy is famous through
out the coast for her beauty. Her guardian
reared her with the intention of
selling her. The girl's father .fas a
.<axon of light complexion and her
mother a fullolooded Sivrash. Her cllve
complexion, carriage and form are perfect'and
her golden hair frames a face
of rare beauty. The authorities hav e
interfered.
FULL OF FIGHT.
I THE LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE MEANS
BUSINESS.
Its Jnckaon villa Agent Instructed to Spare
Xo Expense In Endeavoring to Bring
the Coxbatt-Mjtcbell Crowd to Punishment
Jacksonville, Fia., Jan. 29.?The
law and order league has resolved to
make it lively for the princpals and the
aiders and abettors ia the Corbettllitchell
priza light. To-night Iiev.
W. X. Connoly, local agent of the
league, called on the Southern Associated
press correspondent and asked
that the following statement be made:
"In the matter of the prize light, we
hold the in junction granted by Judge
/v-tli ?/,?. ?;u-J t.
wu wda au cvduiuu ui. pieaciueu. auiuutes,
and if tne State i authorites do
not very soon bring the matter up for
review in the Supreme Court the league
will do so. I have heard that the Governor
has instructed the Attorney General
to follow this line of action."
"What provisions have been made to
prosecute this matter?"
"The International League has placed
ample funds at the disposal of its local
agents for this purpose and has given
instructions for che suit to ba pushed
for ward at the first si2nof weakening
on the part ot the State.
"Ihe ieague is determined that such
an exhibition as took place in this city
Thursday shall not be repeated in the
country if means can be found to prevent
it. It was called a glove contest,
but Mitchell was rendered entirley unconscious
from the terrfic force of a blow
and that it would end in this manner,
in favor of one or the other fighter,
was fullv foreseen as I understand that
a finish fight means a fight until one
of the men is unable to respond when
time is called."
Mr. Bowden, manager of the Duval
Athletic Club, denies emphatically
that he has left the Duval Athletie
Club.
"And," says he, "there is not a word
of truth in the statement that the club
has disbanded. It hasn't disbanded.
I haven't left and I haven't heard
any complaint from the other
members with the possible exception
of one of my management. We
have found that priza fights are not
against the laws and after all this trouble
and expense it would be foolish
for me to pull out. Tnis club owns
rights, which are valuable. One of
them is a lease on a part of the fair
grounds. I'm not going to throw that
up."
Will the club'offered a purse for Fitzsimmons
and Creendon?
"As it now stands it will not."
"Will it offer purses for any other
6Y6HtS
"Xone that I know of yet. We don't
know exactly what we are going to do.
Rnt: vera henron'r "
An Honest 3Ian.
Washington, Jan. 29.?Several diys
ago Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania
resigned his seat in the Honse.
He was not in sympathy with the tariff
bill. He felt that he could not consisleatly
support it, and he thought it
better to retire from public life and permit
his constituents to elect a successor
who would more properly represent
their wishes. The resignation met
with a storm of protests from many of
the leading members of his party. Sibley
went over to Harrisburg Saturday
and had a conference with Governor
Pattison. The Governor urged him to
reconsider his resignation, his argument
being that his withdrawal from
Congress at this time would work more
injury to the party organization than
any action which Sibley might take regarding
the tariff bill. Sibley received
a number of telegrams today from his
constituents urging him to withdraw
his resignation and serve out his term.
In compliance with these requests Sibley
has desided to remain, but this decision
will not affect his action upon
the tariff bill. He is still unalteredly
opposed to that measure, and will vote
against it.
Long Delayed Letters.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 30.?Three letters
have been found in the Augusta
Hotel which should have beep posted
several years ago. They w>re dated
April 6, 1887, and wero sealed and
stamped, but for some ro tson did not
go to their destination. The writer of
?- " rt VUorrrr tJnffAn
LUCLUL WtivS a uiau uauicu liauj uuuwu
and had penned the epistles on what
purported to be the eve of -iis self-de- ^
struction. The letters were all directed
to Baltimore?one to his i'ath8r, another
to a friend and another to a relative.
They all expressed tbsdeepest
contrition and in the first and last
named he asked forgiveness, tfhile in 4
the other he held himself up in the
light of a warning *o his friecu. The *
records show the nam? of ho sutfi s^t*
cide In this city and it is supposed that
either he decided to linger in this vale
of tears i little longer or that his purpose
was accomplished in some other
place.
K?lled by Bandits.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 29.?Frank
Howell, a ranchman, of Pecos county, ,
arrived here and brings news of the
silling of a prominent young Amarican,
named Henry W. Carew, by a band
of Mexican outlaws, supposed to be rernants
of Santa Perez's so-called revolutionary
forces. Mr Carew came to
southwest Texas a few months ago
from Chattanooga, Tenn., and was
prospecting in I'ecos county with a
view of going into the sheep rasing
business there on an extensive scale.
He left the ranch of Mr. Howell la3t
Tuesday for a trip into Mexico. He
was traveling alone and had hardly
crossed the border when he was attactand
killed. His Dockets were rifled
of a considerable sum of money and his
horse stolen. Tae body of the murdered
man was not found until Friday.
The trial of the bandits has been followed
into the mountains 'oelcw the
Big bend of the liio Grande- river in
Mexico.
Nat Alraltl of Small Things.
St. Louis, Jan. 20.?Dr. George F.
IIalbert engaged a contractor named
Lane to build a house for him. Lane
refused him possession of the house
until he paid him for his work and put
a man named McGuire in the house to
keep the doctor out. The doctor swore
out a warrant against McGuire for forcible
and unlawful entry and detainer.
Deputy Sheriff Geimer went to the
house with a warrant. McGuire threatened
to shoot him if he attempted to
enter. Geimer did not mind the threats
and broke open the door. McGuire
drew a revolver. Geimer knocked it
out of his hand and arrested him.
Terrors ot tbe Earthquake.
Sax Fkaxcisco, Jan. 2 8.?Additional
-j?/ >?<? hu thp steamer Tirfcic from
China announces the complete annihilation
by earthquake of the town of
Kuchac, Persia. Twelve thousand persons
were killed in the awful disaster.
Ten thousand corpses hare been recovered
to date. The once importaat and
beautiful city of 20,000 people is now
only a scene of death, desolation and
terror. Fifty thousand cattle were destroyed
at the same time.
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