The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 29, 1897, Image 4
Wm. McKinloy Making His Selec
tions Sjpwly But Surely,
there win, BE SHIFTING.
..Tho Wholo situation Huh Tloon Thor
oughly Cp?tVAHHC<l, ami TCvery An all
nblo.^',(ii Una Hoon Bi?tfgoale*l.
^ A spooial from Canton, O. , under date
ot3ar\. tMth, wiy?: "Thoro U a grow
U'dt the Cabinet will ?>o
praotiotti<ly completed within two or at.
- least threo weokn, with tho possible ex*
oopticm of ono plaoo. Though 'Major
!MoKinl0y may dccido within tho next
toft days upon tho eight won who m o t6
John hi ft ojJGMal family, it duos not fol
low that tho final apportionment of
ptyoes and }K>rtfo)iou will bo made with
? >in ilmt timo. ? Most of tho mon who aro
noleetod for tho Cabinet will doubtlesn
bo fthlftod about from timo "-to time and
jfltt&Lea&t .of tho Cabinet way not bo
iman^od before ftfjnroh 1st. Tho Secre
tary of State ia, of cmuvio, dooided Upon,
ana tlio Secretary or tho Treasury .will
definitely determined and to will
tho Secretary of tbo Interior, but tho
portfolios of tbo War, of tho Navy, ot
Agrieulturo, of .Tuetico and tho Voaiof
flco dopiutmont will be a pood d'oal
... ahifted about. 'Iho President-elect
desires to fill tbo moro important places
inv1hio qabinot as soon as possible in
order that Homo thought may bo k'ivon
to tho work of choosing assistant secre
taries and tho organization of tho de
partments. A good deal of work in the
? progress of eabinot-m&king will brobu
bly bo made Ihia week. Major MoKin
loy baa practically fini&hed tho Hifting
process and ho has liMonod to a? many
suggestions on ono band and proto^ls
on the otlior as ho has timo for. Tho
wholo~ flitufttlon has boon thoroughly
canvassed. /'ivory availably man in tho
ootintry 1ms boon suggested for appoint
J juaebt to the cabinet and a lotion of ul
lnost unknown quantity has canted tho
.VvofdcUnt-oloot to bo Informed that if
ho so desired ho would ho told whero
?, ' ho might discover ?omo hitherto unsus
pected timber for his cabinet."
? -?
TIbbMAN AMttfVDW HIM lf/AW.
TfttftUs He Huh It Flvort Now So That
* i" It Will 1'rtRa.
?j Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
has introduced in tho Senato a bill to
\ Moot, tho defoat in tho South Carolina
diapohsavy law, pointed out by the ro
oont decision In tho United Staton'Su
premo Court. The bill provides; "That
all fermented, distilled or othor Intoxi
Sating liquors or liquids, transported
lito rtby Stato or Territory, or remain
ing therein for use, coivAtmi tion, sale
or utorago thorcin, f-hall, upon tho ar
rival within tho ?;aid hitato ov Territory,
bo tmbjoet to tho operation ami ofibet or
tho lawn of ouch Stnte or Territory, on
: noted for the control nnd policingof the
liquor t.rftflio, absolutely, to tho same
extent, and in tho same manner as
^ ? though nuch liquora or liquids had
been produced in such State and Torri
" tory; and nluill not. bo exempt there
from by reason of botng introduced
therein in original paekagen for privato
uso. or otherwisoi and sneh St h ton
- ahall have uhsolnto control of such
liquid or lirpiid.i within their bordera
by wh Oinsoevor produced and for. what
ever use imported: provided that. u6th
ing herein eontaineu bhnll t>o co/istrucd
_.__as affecting tho internal rovonuo laws, " j
6J!?CONI> PHIZI'J AltTICLR.
"The Mutcrlal t'ropprrty oft.hoCaro
oHiins and ifow to Promote it." J
S.OYOial. weeks ago. the.. CUcensboro
(N 0. ) K coord offered for tho Greens
boro Stock Mutual 1'iVo Insurance
Company 850 in ?.gold for three prizon
on tho aubjoot, "Tho Material Prosper
ity of tho Carolinas and How to Ad
vance It." 11.0 contest wflfl limited to
those living in the Carolinas, and tlio
result as announced in tho nnooial odi
"lion of tho Itecord chows that South
Carolina carried off tho first mid second
prizoa, tho first being awarded to Mr.
jj, VY- Screven, of Columbia, and tho
' tfe&oAd to ?T. C. GhVliiiytoii, of Spartan
burg.
All articles were scut in under non
do plume's and a eonnniitoe composed
of H. W. Cobb, preaident of the Greens*
?boro Industrial and immigration Asso
ciation; ?J. V. Joy nor, Professor of Eng
lish literature in th'o . Hate Normal and
Industrial School, end no v. K. W.
Smith, D. X>., paused upon thorn.
, Dying of Cold and Hunger.
Tho widespread sufi'cring of tho aikiny
of unemployed persons in tho Wostihid
Korthwost lias been greatly in ton Killed
by the torrMIc bli/./ard and icy tompdr
aturo -which prevails ovor an enormuiw
territorial arcaA So serious is tho situ-'"
ation in Chicago that tho mayor has do- ,
eided to issue a proclamation /or broad
for the starving, and a reauent will be
mado to have tuo chnrchoK thrown open
to/ftfford temporary shelter to the cold
aiidnungry. A similar situation pre
vailsau many othor eitioa throughout
ih&nlVost, and tho blocking ?<f traffic by
tho hoavy Knows will render t ho condi
tion of thousands almost unendurable.
----- Am or Jen n Cattle In YCuglnnd.
Tho Chief of tho Bureau of Animal
Industry of tho Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington is in receipt of a
circular from a commission agent in.
London giving the total nnmbej of
cattle received at Dcptford, England,
during tho year 1890 from tho l 'niteu
States as 137,000; price, SO. lit; sheep,
?IP, 000; price, $o.21.
Savannah Wants a fJarrlson.
Tho Savannah city council recently i
passed resolution.** calling for a garrison
for_ Fort Pulaski at tho mouth of tlio
Bfetafinah iivor, and urgiup that H;a
fort bo .put, in condition for tho defonse
of til? pit-y. _
Greater < hlcago.
' council 6f Chicago, 111., ban
resolution providing for a
_.n to proparo lor tho uresen
Ifae I.oglslatnro plane for tiie
., ant of township organizations
??fCpok" county wul tho cation of
roUriPhicago. - ,v^
1; Rtiot by nn laaane Man.
|jdfe>IWOftd?, Colleton county,
St^phfDV fihoti and killed
" ILr.VwiJwr- Tho
1 'feeling is aaid to have
Ti^rtjJcetton u>fA6g
I sleeping in fats bed,
^itt;
mm
^r
Mrs. Emma
-tin* f * of
muroWof
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"aibjJt -L'-?
- ? ? ? ? ; '
w mvm * a <i o ve mm s .
Kcklfei Wont* The in to
lioeommoml Changes In Iyi?gtrt8ll0?
to Vccuro fttiJtk Htntl?tfoa>
Jam oft If. Eokles, OomptftSMo* of tho
Trwianry,-' has aeiit ft lottor to tho (Jov*
ernors of all tho States asking them to
reeomwaud legislation to uoonro nni*
fortuity in tho collootionof banking *ta?
t ifttioH iu tho different States.
Tho revised statutes authorUe tho
Comptroller to mako a statement in Iuh
annual report o.xhibiting tho roaourooa
and liabilities of banks antl bunlung
companies and Havings banks, organ'
izod untlov tho laws of tho Bovoral Statoa
and Toi I'itorioa. There is no other
officer in tho Unvtod Htatofl charged by
law wit.h tho duty of oolloctiugandpub
lishing banking slaiifiiica. It iu noces
rary tn,oro(ovo for tho Comptroller to
have/the required inforrofttioji.
. A t i >reae ni a number of tho States
mako no provisions for tho submission
of reports from bankw and bankers to
any ofllopr of State. , /,
In North Carolina the statistics of
banlta ftnd banking are collootoit by tho
Statu Treasurer, w;ho roquiroe oaoh
lmnk to publish regularly a full state
ni'.Mit of its resources and liabilities. J ho
atatiaUoa.vro thoreforo easily available.
/ ? .?>UW> ? ~"~
COXKY'S JJATKST.
|lo IMans aiass-ftlootliigs for February
223d.
Tho moat important feature of the
conference of tho Isadora in tho Com*
monweal conforonc^, which was hold in
St. Louis, Mo., is a resolution of den
eral Jacob S, Coxoy, calling for a soo
ond assembling of tho unemployed
wovkingmon all over tho oountry for tho
purnoao of making ouoh a domonatra
(ration as ahull appoal to iho legislative
branches, not only of Congroaa, but of
ovorv Stulo, in too hope of,' inducing
legislation that wilt ameliorate tho pres
ent condition of tho workingjnan. In
short, Gonoral Ooxoy'a resolution i? a
revival of the agitation of a conplo of
years ago, which rosulted in the famoun
inarch of t Uo Commonweal army to
Washington.
'this resolution? which is dostinod to
bocomo a^ famous as Coxoy's first proo
lam at ion, calls upon tho ur.omployod
workingmcn of every city andhamlot in
tho I nitod Statea to assemble in tho
public ncpiaro or othor public places on
February y.">. Washington's birthday, |
in open ' mass- mootinga, Tho purpose ]
of thoHC mootinga is to demonstrate in
tlio moot practical manner tho ox ton t of
distress a tut destitution provailing
throughout tho oountry by roason of
tho scarcity of work.
XVlTili WIPIfi OUT AU MfCNIAN?.
An American lilves Ilia Idea of Their
Future.
W. William Howard, who went to
Turkey iu tho iutorost of tho Armenian
rescue fund, arrived in Now York on
tho St. Louis Saturday, llostaten that
ho sent 12,000 ArmonianB to Russia,
Bulgaria und Egypt whilo abroad, i
"England and the UnitodHtatosliave
contributed nobly to tho relief of the
Armeniana," l\o said, "but noither
1 Franco nor Germany has yet contri
buted. "
Mr. Howard thinks that after all, the
European powera will not. interfere, nnd
that tho Armenians, goaded to dospora
tion, will u prism and commit soui&ovort
act, and mi tier extonuination as a con
sequence.
? ? ?-? rjeso*? *
Tills Vear'a Kleetlons.
Thorn will be only fivo gubernatorial
elections in the United States this year.
Rhode Island ionds tho way on Aprii 7,
and on the J?d of November will bo fol
lowed by Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio
and Virginia. Tho gubernatorial term
iii Rhodo Inland ana MassaehiiHoUH in
one year in length, in fowa nnd Ohio
two yeara, and in Virginia four years.
New York would have chosen a gover
nor in IHM7 if the old constitution had
been retained, but. under tho now in
Btiumont Iho gubernatorial term is
sliortoned from three to two years,
( i o v . Alorton, who was oleeted in 1894,
being tho first, cxecutivo to HH theoflloo
for tho briefer poriud.
J'rlviild l>onntlonn.
The aggregate n mount of money k*v
on by private individuals to Amorionn
j. odueutional und rcligioua iuatitutions,
to charities, libraries, hospitals, inu*
scums, otc., during 181)0, as collated by
the Chicago Tribune, was &18,0?0, 120.
This shown a pain of i*4, 000,000 over
1WK? and S1H.0O0.000 over ittiM. It is n
wondorful f?ho\v ing and it only tolls a
"mall part- of the whole story of thogiv
ing of the year; fov it taken no account
of gifts leaf* than $1,000, Colleges . re
ceived nr.n- half of tho whole bhw, \gr
0 10,000,000, and the charities ?iW
next, receiving Sl0,(0 ), 000. tV*'v
Woman Frightened to l)eatli.^? j
Whitei aps placed an unsigned po(f' I
on T\. A. l'arlior'a porch in Pitt county^
North Carolina, telling him If ho did
not leave the county in thirty days he
would be hilled. J I i?? wife found tho
note. She wont iuty spasms and died
in a few hours. .Parker iiad convicted
one Wiilston for killing bin hog and
hunling it away. Ihe nuthoritiCh are
laj'ing to discover the anonymous let
ter writer.
Worried Over IJjtly Pictures.
The Ohio Legislature in to counider n
bill to prohibit tho promiscuous dis
tributions by patent medicine vendors
?/" pamphlets, and bills describing symp
toms of disease. Thore aro cases of
well persons having worried^tfieniRolvca
into a decline over fancied' symptoms,
and people of weak nevves are no
doubt much worried by eceing these
nplv pictures and uglier descriptions of
disease.
? .?-***?? ? ? --
Heavy Snow Storms.
Heavy snow storma prevail through
out Great Britain and fhow no signs of
abatement. In Scotland the snow cov
ers the ground to an averago depth of
two feet. There has been heavy loss of
farm stock in Scotland and boriliorn
England as a result of tho storm and
the severity of the weather.
Tho blizzards in the WWi&tWl North
west have bepn severe, and rtt this writ
! ing the excesstvo cold is still on. Ra.il- i
roads aro bloekc.defl by Rnow and there
is great suffering. Reports say the
pronent winter break* all records for
heavy ?ncw falls. ? ??
Minor Meatlon.
Richard K. Fox says he will haek
Maher to flgfct"the winner in the Cor
bett-Fitzsimroons battle for tbo purse
? and championship beli
1 ? flo?emor Atkinson, M Georgia,- 'de*
. livered an eloquent ad areas before the
Colorado House of Representatives,
which was replete with paferio&^ti
--se?
COMMEUOIAIV TRKPOftT.
Financial uud C'ommcvolHl M?rh<if?
Advancing Towards iiottcr Condi
tlOIIH. * "..
Messrs. R. 0. Puun A Co. says:
"Thoro in morn business, though not
at bettor pricos. His interesting that
almost nil pricos which ohango at all
aro lowor thttu a week ago and yet bus*
ihoss is unquestionable largor. Thoro
i* ft laager production, but as yet not
as much inoroaso in consumption, and
thoro in larger buying of materials, but
ut present *cnly hocau&o boiler pricos
#ro expected in' the futuro. A few con
spicuous fuilurrorf during the wook have
had no matorial influence. The mar
ket for securities arc slightly stronger
and yot thoro in very little doing,
Tho 'number of hahdn era ployed,
all industries considered, i?
l.v larger than a week ftgOj Willi*
out adverse change in the rate of
wages. Ail apprehension of foreign dis
turbance of rnonoy markets has passod
away, but thoro In .still a great caution
in making loam*. It i?i a mistake to
reokoh theoo hk symptoms of depres
sion. On the contrary, in spito of the
lower rnngo of pricos, in important in
dustries, tho conditions all indicate
larger production and consumption in
oroasiug, not as yet largely, but stead
ily.
"The earnings of railroads in Jan
uary havo been 4.4 per cent, smnllor
than last year.
"Wheat, corn and ootton exports are
tho key of tho financial situation, and
during tho pa*t wook wheat ban do
olineu ti-bo. and corn H- Sc., while, cot
ton is unohangod. Tho woolen indus
try is as Blow as evor, and no real im
provement appears in tho demand fo^
goods, althoitgh owing to tho lateness
of the seoson tuoro is a little inore do
ing, both in spring and in winter
goods, without quotable change in
prloos.
"Failures for tho week havo been 400
in the United Btatos, 0711 last year and
05 in Canada, against ft I last year. "
A (ji EOItCil A?l Y N c; 1 1 1NU.
Tlio Murderers of Mi s. Rowland Kong
and Itiddlcd With llutlets.
Friday night Charles For fly the and
Willis Whito, nc^roos, were takon
from Twiggs county jail, at deflorson
villo, Cia , and lynched by masked
mob of 100 men. The nogrooc were
swung from a uorUbby oak aud before
death could onsuo from strangulation
thoir bodios wero filled with bullets
and buckshot.
Tho crime for which tho men were
oxooutod was the killing of M|fl. Row
land at Adaiua Park, on the ni"ht of
January 13. '1 hey wont to Rowland's
store and asked for monoy and food,
and while Mrs. Ilowland was comply
ing With their dejnaudu one of them
shot her with a pistol, the ball striking
lior in tho abdomen, causing death the
next day. Tho nogroos wore arrested,
and each accused tho other of tho
crime, but there is no doubt of their
guilt.
It is said the lynching is tho result of
tho long-deforrod punisnmont of Mrs.
Nobles and Fumbles, /^iiviqtcd of mur
der, but l>y pleas of technicality have
cheated the gallows for two years, en
tailing heavy oxpenso on tho oQunty.
CUBA'S OTII.KK SCO! 7 Iff.1 1$.
There Arc Cases of SiuuM-Pox
In Havana Alone.
There ft to now '13,058 cason of small
pox in Havana. At Guannajay, in Himr
doi Kio,. 'which ban only 10,000 inhahi
tauta, thoro uro -107 oases. Yellow
fovor and malaria aro also ravaging the I
country, and it may bo safely affirmed
that the sanitary condition of Cul/a is a
far g. eater dangnr to tho United Miitos
than the nmeh-trared buhonio pUi<uoof
India. Cuba is close to our oyiCata, and
Ihoro is d. ily communication' between
the inland nnd tho main land. .
At the end oi iWarch tho depressing
wann weather bogins here, ' tin, d then
disyauos ot n contagious natmo spread
twice as fa3t as during the winter.
C uba i? now a focus of diseaso, and
may become aBoureoofdmi^or, perhaps
to Ui? whoio world.
'.L ho small pox waa introduced horoby
the ;'00,000 soldiers from Spain, '.t he
(Spanish common people are not oleonly
in thoir habits, rtud moreover, they
oomo to Cuba.orowded by thousands in
tho dirty steameva of tho Compania
1'ranpatlantien, in which no well bred
Amorican would travol if ho could help
it- ~ >- ? . ?
"Women for AVnr.
A question of woman's rights baa
been raised in tho war department and
is likely to causo discussion. Iho civil
service commission roeontly advortiaed
to jjtl n ifl,bU0 vaeonoy in tho Adjutant
Uonorul's ollico, requiring knowlcd;<o
of live modern languages, typewriting
in Dioho languages, nroof reading, li
urary methods and otnev qualifications.
AIihs Maud JStulnaker, of Washington.
>a lady of unexceptionable character una
accomplishment*, was tho only person
who jmtfood the examination ' and sho
was duly certified for tho position, but
j, appointment lma been rejected on
tho ground that tho department does
notdosiro to havo women in t.ho pia-eo.
IvIfiJity-Threo Cuban Claims.
Fni.lay in rosponso to a resolution
tho I're.ndcnl transmitted to tho Sonato
a list of the claims filed in the Depart
ment of Wtato by American citizens
against .Spain, arising out of tho inanr
reel ion in the Island of Cuba, together
Mith such coiTespondolico relating to
the capture of tho schooner Compotitor
and tho persons claiming American cit
izenship taken on that vessel nn bo does
not deem it incompatible with the pub
lic intoreist to communicate. The li?t
of claims includes m, and /pwesrate
nenrl}' ten million dollars, wSoro the
amount ia stated.
, Southern Improvement.
Tho Manufacturers' Record, in it?
weekly review of business conditions
in tho South, gives a dotai'lod statement
showing the total value of all oxports
from Southern porta for the eleven
months ending November, 1800, as
compared with tho corresponding timo
in 18J3. tho total figures fpr 1800 beinir
$208, 6! *8 .aOOagainstS^^SOP.fllS in 18?.>,
a gain of $:S.n00,00n. TV. in or care in
tho value of exports for tho poriod
named from tho entjro country -wna
81 M, 800. 000; the gain ntSoUthorn ports
bring a little moro than one-half.of the
total for the country'
\\ eyler Still DevaatHtlng,
A dispatch from Havana, hearing
date of January 22 states that Captain
General Wevfer ha* ordered the do
atrnctujn.Kithin threedaji! of all the.
plantation* And building* in the pro
vine* at Havana th*t word trtilreiy foi
prove' useful to the rebel* The di?- 1
]>atoh Wds that General Weylef has re
"tSe j
; 'i?i
1 : >.v*.
conferences with ; Un.l ownera jn that |
mmwmumn "? ????if viim.wm-.jih yft
piPTYFororii ^ONormsa,
Til ft Proceedings liriefly Tol<l From
Day to I>uy?
"HEN ATE. ?;'?
Wronfsoay.- Tho Senate parsed tlfd
.custom house V>ill for the orcetion of a
now custom liouftO at Now York at a
cost not exceeding live million dollf*r?
They are Still hammering at tho Pacific
railroad mutter. An to tho. lines be
tween Veno/.uelft and Hritinh Guinea,
il wan referred lo tho committees' on for
eign Affair*. Turpio (Dem.),: of In
diana, continued his onslaught on the
Nicaragua canal bill. Tho legislative
appropriation bill waa passod.
Thi.'hspay An -unsuccessful attempt
was made by Mr. Hill, backed by Mr.
Chandler; ti> have a bill considered and
paired fixing the term of all postmas
ters at lour years. Mr;"" llfclft*
(Hep. ) of Maine, objected And tho bill
van not taken up. Turpio began his
third day's Argument against the Niea
raugan canal bill, Mr. Moi'ghn, (Hem )
of Alabama, wanted a day set for tho
Ileal voto, but objection was made by
Turpio and Vilas. Finally, a vote of
yea* and nay a thowod an ousonco of a
quorum, bo tho Senate adjourned until
Friday.
Fat day. ? The recognition of Cuba
was brought up by Mr, Turpio (Denv),
of Indiana, bavin/? he would call up
Camovon'p resolution Monday and ad
dress tlic Sonato on tho subject. The
arbitration treaty was discussed nt
Bomo longth, but waa finally deelared
out. of order, and tho mattor waa
droppod. Tho Nicaraguan bill was
taken up again.
Saturday.- Tho Sonato devotod it*
uelf to the business of clearing tho cal
endar of poneion bills and of other bills
to which no objection was offered. Of
tho former all were passod without a
single oxcdptlon. Thero woro 101 of
thorn and it roqired only 9fi minutes to
dispose of them. Of tho latter class of
bills thoro were some $0 passed. Among
tho abov'o Appropriations was a bill lo
build a1 lighthouse at the pitch of llie
Cape Fear rivor near Wilmington, N.
CJ. , to coot 87,000; $100,000 additional
for Iho public building at Norfolk, V a.
Mo.vday. ? In tho Senate a bill pro
viding that, no person shall bo tried in
a United States court for acts in aid of
tho Republic of Oubh, Was introduced
by Mr. Chandler, and was referred to
tho Judiciary Committoo; and thon, in
pursuanco of previous notice, Mr.
t'uipio, Democrat, of Indiana, a Idrcss
ed t ho Senate to provo tlmt tho primary
and paramount power to recognize a
now State is (vested, not in tho Presi
dent of tho (Jfiitod Stotos. but in Con
gross, under ihat clauso oi the Consti
tution which declares that Congress
shall have power to regulate commerce?
that is, according to Mr. Turpio, inter
course with foreign States. He spoke
for two hours and a half and had not
concluded whon tho hour fixed for
oulogies on ex-Speaker Crisp, of
Georgia. arrived. Tho oulogies on
ox-SpouKor Crisp \vero dolivered by
Senators Gordon, Democrat., of Geor
gia; jClallingor, Republican, of New
York J ' Gorman, .Democrat, of Mary
land; Berry, Democrat, of Arkansas;
Mills, Democrat, of Texas; Carter, Re
publican, of Montana; Daniel, Demo
crat, of Virginia, And J3acon, Demo
crat, of Georgia.
Tuphdav. ? Senator Turpio, of In
diana, resumed and brought to a con
clusion his ajjceeh in favor of tho roc
ognition of Cft'ban independence. Ho
did not a* Was expected, attempt to
pillory Secretary Olney for denying
tho right of Congros& to recognizo a
now fjovommtnt or new nation, but
confined himself to the argument that
Spain had failed, and would fail, ^o
suppress tho insurrection, and that it,
was tho right and du,ty of Congress to
recognizo thcindepcdonco of the repub
lic of Culm.; Cliand'or's bill for a commis '
sion to an international monetary f<m
fuiiuCt; ovCr. Tho i uniniiiutA. uf
tho day was occupied by Daniwl (Dom.)^
of Virginia, in a speech against tho Nic
aragua n canal bill, as being "in fraud
of tlw contract." Sonato tlieu wont into
executive session.
HOUSE.
Wr.DNUsi>\Yr~The Houeo taken up
tho contested cloction caso of Jacob
Yost VB. it. St. Go Org 6 Tucker, from
the tenth district of Virginia for tho
possession of a seat ill tho Fifty-fourth
Congress, mid a majority of tho com
mittee was in favor of Tucker. A
partial agreement of tho conferees 611
the army Appropriation bill was reported
and agreed to, tho Hoiiso insisting
upon further disagreement to the
Semite amendments still in dispute.
bills were passed authorizing the
construction of briclgos across tho Cum
berland and Tennessee rivers in Kon
tueky; authorizing tho Secretary of
War to grant certificates showing tho
service of telegraphers in t 'io war fur
the union.
Tiicrsdav- Today after members of
tho House, including fifty-thj-ee Re
publicans, had voted in accordanco
with tho recommendation of tho ma
jority of tho committee 011 elections
that -Mr. Tucker was entitled to retain
his seat a% a member of tho Fifty-fourth
Congress from tho tenth Virginia dis
trict, which wan contested by .Mr. Yost,
(Hup,.) two hours were spent in making
the vdlo e Recti vo and finally settling
tho matter.
1'itiDA Y. --Todaj' was privato bill day
in tho House, and the only work of
public interest done was the passing of
the. Texas judicial district bills ovor
the veto. j
Monday, - Tho Hougo began business
by passing, on motion of Mr. Savers,
Democrat, of Texas, tho Senate bill to
provide for an examination and survey
of a water route from the mouth of the
jetties, at< Galveston, Tex., through the
ship canal and up I'ufialo Hayou totho
city of Houston. The Honso committee
on foreign afi'nirs'oi dered favorably ro
portcd the resolution requesting the
Secretary t?f State to givo tho liousc
^tho present statu* or I ho treaty by
which the I'nifed States and Groat
Britain arc restricted from building or
maintaining war vessels of the great
loKes? following this action, the House
disposed of a lot. of miscellaneous busi
ness, and toward the closb of the ses
sion, took up tho consideration of the
Indian bill. Johnson, Hopnblican, of
Indiana, gavo to tho Hour.cr at leugth
his views upon tho necessity for a
revision of tho currency and oanking
laws. />
Tuesday r- Another Presidential voto
woa repudiated by the -House. It waft
a bill to restore Jonathan Scott, a vet
eran of tho Fifth Iowa cavalry to the
pension roll. He was dropped by the
bureau in 1884, being pensioned at the
rate of ?73 a month for total blindness
The bill failed to recetv<rKIfrCJeve
Iftnd'fl approval. Upon reoommenda
tion of toe committee on inralid pen'
aions, tho JHouso tjy a vote of IU7 to Si,
passed the bilf over the veto. A bill
wan passed to nay 6463 to Jrfhtt McRae.
4-Dejmty- UmUd State* Witfthllj for
expense* iBcntfedbV him'ila'IftW.
serving and earing for the thtrCy*
r?Dinber? of the cargoof Africans land
by the ship Wanderer near. Sat
iaau aAWt to evade*'
tWiijr t
tnrned to Africa.
can, of Illinois ref
andconsatar a
w ae placad on
|f. i. .. .. ;? -M
I An Apt CoutpurltoiV;
yiMi folfowlOff Is an lat?r?>ttn* com- J
1 Mirison: "Bnppoeo that ft farmer raises t
4,000 bushels of wheat In a year, and
,'ftUo vol! n this to 1,000 persou* la all
parts of tbo country, a great 'portion of ;
them wiylng, '1 will band you a dollar
In n e&ort time.' The fanner does not
want to bo small and ts&ym 'all right.'
Soon the 1,000 bushels aro gouo and ho
baa nothing to show for It, and ho thon
realises thKt ho has fooled away his
whole crop, and Its valuo Is due lu a
thousand littlo driblets. Subsequently
he Is seriously embarrassed lu business
becauso his debtors, each owing htm
one dollar, troat It ns a email matter,
end think It would not help much. Con
tinue this business year In and year out,
ss the puhllshor of a newspaper
how long would be stand It?"
A Beautiful Mngnzlne Free.
Tho Oonoral l'asaenRor Ddjmrtmnnt of the
fteatioard Air I,lno have just IbSimd tho flrat
nuaiOor of their new monthly publication,
"Star of tho Oouth," a beautifully dvvjoiatod
and illuatratud hook of forty-elwht pagcg.
The book. besides being a work of art, oou
tains eaoh mouth popular and high-daus
notion by standard author#, tale.3 of lovo,
advunturo and horoUtn, auocdotee of tho
humorous, pathctio and dramatic, many il
lustrated artloloa on tho Mouth, and an as
sortment of deaorlntlvo and iatoreating items,
A Copy will be mailed to any 'add toss on rfc
celpt of tkiree cents l i stamps to pay postago,
or will ho mailed a wholo year for tblrty-flvo
cents In stamt?t>. Ad drew (J Ironmonger,
Ad vort'ininK AK?nt W^ahoard Air Line, 071
Broadway, New York.
Wool Orowtng to tho West.
Montana leads ull other States this
year In tho production of wool, with
121,630,018 pounds. The National Wool
Growers' Association estimates the
crop thU year to be, un washed, al>out
272,474.708 pounds. Whon scoured the
total weight will be roduced about 00
por cebt,, or to 115,284,071) pounds, Ore
gon comes noxt to Montana, wlti? UV
859,070; California third, with 10,170,
70Q; Texas fourth, Ohio fifth, New Mex
lea fiixthj Utah sevcutb, Wyoming
eighth, Michigan ninth, Colorado tenth,
Washington fourteenth. /
V?ry Unnutwral. ,
Mrs. ICasy? Only to think of such a
thing happening to dear John, when
he's always prayed that he might dlo
n natural death. o
Doctor?Why, madam, what do you
mean?
Mrs. Easy? Didn't you tell me, doctor,
that John i ucpJSRlng away very fast?
Doctor? I certainly did, madam, and
eo he la.
Mrs. Basy? And I'm sure, doctor,
thero'B nothing natural tfibout that to
John.?Uaston Courier. ,
Ilia Specialty.
"Who is that man who calls on you
eo frequently ?" asked tho Impertinent
friend.
"lie's nn investor."
"Indeedl What bus be Invented?"
"Oh, ever so many things. "
"Any of them practical?"
"Yes," was tbo answer, with some,
hesitation, "ho has had a good deal of
success in Inventing reasons why I
should loud hlrn anything from OO
cents to $6." ? Washington Star.
flUannderet nod.
"Doctor, will my husband ba ablo to
reeofsfc "
"Oh, yes, madam; be Is not seriously
b,?rt, and- ? "
^ "I was going to ask If he would be
able to recover damages from tho com
g?nwt"^Wfl*h I iuj f n n Tlinfis.
/ ? ? ?.?SKW- ? ?
Tito Only Way,
v'Tom? What Is the beat way to make
a woman keep a secret?
Dick? Qlve her chloroform.? Derolt
Free Prcf?3.
Dow'i 'J ills ?
We offer Oae Tfnmlrrd Dollar* Reward for
any cx,*> o t Catarrh tuat cannot bo cured by
liaU'u Catarrh (Jure.
K. J. CnatfnY & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, t??o it ii(lpra't(no(1, have. V novvn F. J. Ch?
noy for the 1m 1 16 year*, And b-jliove him pp.- ?
foctly honorable In jrl' l?u*inoPB transactions
and financially able to carry out any obltfpi*
tion by the lr rtrm.
W*?t <fe Tbitax, "Wholesale Dru striata, Toledo,
Ohio.
W^r^DiNO, KiitKAW & Marvin, Wholesale
Dru igMn, Toledo, Ohio.
Hair* Catarrh Ctiro In tnken Internally, net*
tng rtlrcftlly ttport th$ birod and liiucouu ?ur?"
f acca o f t he ;< vulcui. Pr I co. 7i"c. per bottle, fcold
oyail DruKfjmle. Teitfmrmia's free.
iiaii'a Family PHU are tlio best*
FlfStlonyid freoanu permanentiyenrod. No
flte after Aret da> 'n u:<o ni! ilit, Kmnb'S Oh?AT
NKRVKUnfiTOH*H. Fr?-e $"i l rial boltieaml lr?ut*
tee. bend to l)r. Kline. KM Arch St., Phlla^Pa*
Waicit bllfoua or eoftMro, rat a Cancaret,
candy cathartic; euro guaranteed; 10o., 2-xv.
PInoV Cnro for Consumption relieve* the
mwt obstinate r.tughft.'?Rev. I). Ilunimutu
vmu, Laaniglon, Ma, February U, 1S04.
Ji.'fiT try a 10.*. boic of (Sucaret*. candy ca
tl.anlc, niib.it. tii'cr arid liOwal regulator tuade.
Mre. WlnMow'eHocthlng Syrup for children
teething, eoftens the Kum.?, reduce* tniiamma
tlon.allays palu, cure* wind colic. 2jc. a hottla.
In London a depot has beon estftblUhod
for tlio repairing of motor vohlcloa.
Nn.To.Kic for Fifty Cents*
Over tOO.OW curcl. Why not let Nil-To-BMt
regulate or remove your dialro for tobaco<-t
S.tvea ujuni?y, m-iUc* health and manbool.
Corn i nut aiiU od. ?0 cento and Sl.iA at all
drogg.st?.
Gear eaaos are meeting with o small but
growing demand.
{ '??. v ? ?? i
CxSOAnms "Stimulate liver, JcWncya and
bowels. Never slclton, weakon or gripe; lOo.
And fru?.< Is tho verdict of (ho pooplo regarding
liood'a Suraaparillu. Cutatrb, scrofula, rhen
raatlsm, dyepepsia, nervous troubles yield to
Sarsaparilla
The boat -in fact the One True Blood Pdriff^f.
? (Hit* curb uattti?a, inulgMlMft,
nood s rHit ...
DrTwTH WAKlEiEUl
Mo. 201 Ni Tryon St. llalldtaO
Ob any wee* day m<?|4 We6b??dfty. Hi*
practice to limited to dlaeaaea of the
Wr, Catft't Do ft Thing tO J*?r,
To one who hat visitor a telephone,
ex< hati'^o Aud noticed bow central
works, it fa amusing to watch tho fre
hRvJor of they?mn wljo cannot get rec*
oguillon. In nine case? out of ten, if
tho hour 1* lato and central Is aljgopy,
he goea through thin performance:
He turna tho hanUio sharply. Jnba
tho receiver at hla ear, and ahouta "Hel
lo 1" through the transmitter, After
waiting a moment or ao, he repeats
the action. Htiii no answer.,. Then, uh
leaa ho is a church member, ho uses
language that' ho would not wish Ida
wife to hear,' and twlsta the handle
of the calling hell until hla wrist aches. |
it doea not disturb central. No holla I
ring lu tho telephone exchange. When
tho subscriber rings a lozengo-shaped
disk drops, and the number of the call
ing 'phone la exposed. That is all. It
remains exposed until central answer*
tho coll and puts tho disk back. If
ccntral'a head la turned tho other way,
all tho ringing in tho world won't at
[ tract her attention. When she looks
around ahe'll bco the exposal number
I and answer the call. If she never looks
around ahe'll never learn of tho call.?
i New York Tlmea.
A Kind tfotghbor*
44 1 did not send rer you lo tune my
piano," Bald Mrs. Selily to the man who
called for that purpose.
"No, madam, but your ^noxt door
neighbor aent me."? Detroit Free
Proas.
A houso la never in disorder to a man
eo long as bis tblnga aro "handy."
". t^Tipinrl ff ^ ?JO.^'k Tujfir " """"
B*i?otiotic? *fr ?w 'X&fcn
?-" tea* gjMgjpy.t imd
olV^m Commercial, flgngor, Mains,
Th? foUoTvln.n 0nnw?iil)t0<vi0?> lun ji ut ?
boon received from >1 las B. MqIUqPwo?/oT
BwuHport, Malno, whoro uho la woll.opd !*??
vornbly known ;
"1 ivt'i it .v.JlVitn- from aonjdnut hf?4?oh* ?
nil my life, frequently awoiupftQ^ -
n?u?ea Mid slok ?toamoh, 08pooMl?vJ>ojW*#
a'flil during eiovoro iUIucLh. 1 am. now tj^jrty.
yoarn old; noil as far back unl can romeiaber
I ffiii never f r*>?* fr*>:n thoao dt?proa,<j|nfj ;?ud
dlatroKdmr attacks, nu'l did not know wTnU: .
It wxs to fro I vft-.ll, until.. latft winter, when,
liMviiw frton *o tnufh wrltu>u uu<l hpard ao
much uiiokvii about Dr. William#' Pink Mil* ~
for PAW' I'o wd?v, f made up ray tn Vfhi w' 8w ?<(r
I! tlit-y would <ki mo any ft 00 3. *~1 therefor*
bouKht some of i hern no 4 bo#?a to take tbej**
ncoor<Hn(( to olractlom.
'?I soon bo;jari to oxi'0r;onc<j rfllief,
hnvo Improved evOB'ftlnoo. I mn still taMmr. .;
thorn, and shall conNuu* bo to do until I ftftt .
fr<>o of i ho ftliflhUht of myoldene- '.
mv. ' I um n firm bolf&y?r >n Iho offloao'y *>(
riuk I'll.'tf, '<uid ehaM nov^be without then
as i hey havudono mo b<S much floud,
"I have t^ooinmojidcvl those, nllts to '
othoro, amon? tlioin 0, G. Coburn, wtiQ Is 111
.xd h?art trouhle..
(Signed) "3. M. PfcflOT." ,
Wi<fnmt: Mi.rt. J. E. NlCilous.
l)f. Williama' Pj|k Pill.-j f^r Pajo Psftftjo...
aro a .opoulOo for troub.oa pcciuli^r to fa*
mnio<, fiq?'h iv\ pyppm-fdous, IrroKitlavUle*
??d all form.iof wonknoaa. Thoy bull I up '
' iIim b!o ? I, ?nd rvatpio tho glow of hraUh to
| pitlo tind 3H!Sor,' ohonUs, In m?m t6ey ofo**. -
i a radical onto In all onr.<v? nrlath# frorti
I tat worry, overwork or excesses of whutft^oe
| naiuro, Vh.*v nro mnnnff\oUire<l by the t>?v
[ Williams' M diclnu Company, Bahon'ecUdy,
; N. V., ami nro noi l by ud (Ic.Ui^gliUft at"80
| '-onts a bo* ov nix boxes for t?3.4^0*
Sweetness and Light"
<v u
Put a pill, in tho pulpit if you want praotioal
preaching for tho phyeioal man ; then put tho
pill in tho pillory if it does not praotiee what it
preaohos. Tlioro'a a wholo gospel in Ayey's
Sugar Coated Pilla ; a " gospel of sweotness
and light." People used to yalixo their physic,
ao they did thoir religion^- by its bittoynoss.
The more bitter tho doso tho better tho doctor,
We've got ovor that. Wo tako "sugar in ours"?
gospel or physio? now-a-days. It's possiblo to
pleaso and to purgo at ^ the s&niO time, There
may bo power in a pleasant pill. That is the
firoepel of f
Ayer's ..Cathartic Pills.
More plfV particulars In Aycr'^ CurcLook, 100 pages.
?ent Itec. J. C. Aycr C?, Lowell, Mass.
ANDY CATHARTIC
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