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Ood nnd Ouv Nntlvo 1 <nnd FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1897. CAMDEN, S. ( Richmond, as Ever, tho Heart of tho Confederacy, A SKETCH OF THE MUSEUM, Au Appealing Interest for thoVisitora, " \V hoi her Ho Oomcft From tho North br South, TCntit or West, Below con bo found a short sketch of tho rooms ;0& Virginia, North Carolina, -ifioutU Carolina and Georgia in the Con federate Musoum at Richmond, Va. Eop,|i room is distinctive, (with its rep resentative rogent or supervisor,) bu^. all haVo about them an appealing inter-' est for tho visitor, whether ho' comes from the North, South, East or WoBt; and A^onnibilitios are irresistibly 011 "iistedTn viewing those mute but olo ouent memorials. It ban boon said in tho North that this tquseum of {South ern relics is calculated to keep alive Motion al animosity and perpetuate the ? hostile feeling betwoon the North and . JhfeiiOiith. To tho contrary, it may be < . urged" that the effect moat be the oppo- , . site, 'and that sentiments of sympathy,/ admiration and regard can only bo ox-' : oift?d. This, at loast, has been the spontaneous testimony, as constantly expressed, without a singlo exception, by tho multitude from the North and East who have visitod tho musoum; V THK VIRGINIAN noOM, -Tho "Lares and Ponatos" of Virginia lure scarcely less dear and sacred to the other southern States than to her? the mother of them alb She has gathored Within tho foul walls, of one room treas ures which, in theiT sllont grandeur of association with Lee, Johnston, Jaok bou, Pickett, fetuart and A. P. Hill. , ^ring tears to tho eyes of gray haired1 men and the loftiest inspiration to the . hearts of those who should come after thom, , , Here is. the Coat of spotless perfection in which the broken hearted leader ar rayed himsoll to btirrendor his raggod little army, uphofflitfg in appearance, as in his domeanor of gdntlo, reserved dignity, the honor of ' his cause and of his country. v. Beside; it is the tin oup and plate used by him during the war. rofusing^ bettor "service when offered him. Baying, "He would use what was used by^his men.'" As with him, bo with his gonorals? the bent oup and jplate of Stonewall Jackson and that of the gray and dashing Stuart beside his sable plumes tell the same silont story of those who indeed, ''endured harelips as good -soldiers," ere they "crossed .the rivor to rest under the shade of the trees. " Individual cases hold relies of these be rooS? the saddle and spurs, the gaunt lets and boots of L6e (tho same used by Valentino in modelling his matohlosB reouiu bent figure, and by Mercier for his equestrian staCtfe), the gauntlets of that grand Boldier, Gon. Joseph E. Johnston; Jackson's haversack, field glasseBj.epanJettefva^d spur*. and the Handkerchief, cfyed with his life's blood, that staunched the" fatal wound on that' mournful day at Chftncellorsville ; Stu* cannot bo duplicated, and . of vaftie be yond all words of price. Side by side are the pioturos of ' the gallant, young Pcgrams. Looking, upou these faces Qup cannot but licar tfiocry of the now-' made,' beautiful bride, "Speak to me, - my lovo; speak to me once more," as Jolting in tho' rough ambutanoe, , Over arrows and rocks from the \*?ttl ?field, ~ sho held close "tho^tlead fortnvof Iter. - knightly bridegroom, {Gen. John Pe* gram, killod at" lIat<jher'e?Kuti.) A pair of orutohes.'stind here handed down together with tlie Love^o!* liberty and nativo land, through three genera tions, tolling of the maimed patriot^ of > three wars-1770, 1&12, 1841. piaiftd Btnwv, homo-made bonnets and gtyvdsj* Baubles of hotaesphn," woven on the pjaotatfons and worn by the Southern girlfe as they knit tho socks of their soldier lovers and brothers, lie near; battle ordors and" 'dispatches- from the fighting parson, (General Pendleton) ^yho, giving^ command in battle, cried: "Lord, have meroy on their souls, ready, aim, fire I " . t j Too numerous are these illustrious sons to - mentiou all; to gal I apt and glorious all to exalt one, . and not less honorable than those who led the Charge and swayed the ~ h&rtB and minus of their mon, but even more steadfast, faithful and courageous are ? the grand rank and file, whose memo* rials fill this room their deeds do fill tfce world. LMtors, canteen*, swords, ? spurs, tattered Jacket* of gray and bat tored muskets we there to tell the story of the splendid service and unoora plainihg Sacrifices of th&se men in gray who bore tho 4 'cross without the orown of glory," and now sleep in nameless graves. ...w . ? . f.Thoir good swords rust,- ? ?* Their bodice dnst, li$stf"T *** w? . TH* N%RTllfCA*OX.fi*A BOO*. North OatoU$a occupies the room. - -whfoh wi* tl? iinrseixra the home of Pr&iide&t Davis. lt ntt?a magnifio?hl . view* ofthiat part of - Biehmoad. known a* Church Hill. It was given to North Carolina as one of the chaioest apart ment ? in the Mansion, because of North elaimed/ymd substantiated bt the!) W0& yssgv than two weeks from tho timo ho lofi his homo ho was brought back a oorpao, Tho unfading honor thatho won at that glorious victory of Manassas, J\ily.$l 180!, wa? at a foarfol costto fri?ndiyan< oountry. , llovo also is tho pioUiro of /TTfciirj Wvatt, tho ft rat martyr of tho way, kitloa at Bothol Church, Juno 10, 1801. as woll aa good pioturos of fjthor pronii nent Boldiera and gonorals. IM an in dividual oaso aro tho ?fteots of tho gal lout Major (Jon. Dorsoy Ponder: In tuit of gray in which lie was killed; hi two oommisfions? -ono as lioutenant ii tho Uiiit<*l States army, given him l>. President Davis, then Secretary o \Yw lu tho Cabinet of President i'iorca tho i othor his commission of loajo general in tho Confederate States array, A beautiful flag adorns tho wall, which was givon by tho Edgoworth girls, of GrooiiBboro, N. 0,, to the luilford Graya, comrnandod by Capt John' Sloan, of thQ 5)?th North Carolina State Troops. Of tho gallant Gen, U O'B. Branoh, they havo his pistols and holster and nit* gfove. A large framo is tilled with important dispatohos from President Davis tt Govornor John W. Eliis, of North Car olina; also, one of condolence to hi* wifo on his hearing of tho death oi Governor Ellis. There is .also the fiau that was pros on ted to tho Governor by Mr. R. Mayo's girls, pf Raloigli, the ' Bamo flag whioh draped hie collln. TltK SOUTH CAROLINA ROOM, ? Col. Wade Hamilton, of Revolution ary fame, captured from ono of Tarlo ton's Logion a nword ot finest, ptqel in a Boabbard boautifnlly overlaid with tor toise ahell. lie used it during tho war of tho Rotation and in the war of 1812. It doscondod aa an heirloom to his grandson, Gen. Wade Hampton. Tho sword onoe more saw service at First ManasBaa wiolded by thnt gallant cav alry leader. Shoathed now and orosced with a long sabro, also historio from having beon used oy tho noble Hamp ton, it stands in the uniform case in1 the South Carolina room, oloso to tbo uni forms (1801-1805) of Gen. James Con hiior, Gen. M. M. Gary, Gen. T. M. Lo \gan, Col. E. P. Harloo, Col. Porrin and others. Standing guard over the records and rolic? hangs a full length oil portrait of Gcru Hampton in uni form, taken during the Confederacy. Around him are Gens. MoGowan, But ler, Cdnnor, Stephen Elliott, S. D. Lee, Bratton, Wallaco, Hagood, Col. Hagood, (tho youngest, colonel in the Confederate army,) Capt. Langdon Chevcfe; tho South Carolina war Gover nor, Piokens: tho Hon. W. Porchor Miles, and other heroes of the old l'al motto State. All those portraite were colleoted ? through the personal efforts of Mrs. H. Wv Riohardson, of Colum bia, B. O. A tablet oase contains valu able papers, letters, war musio, memo rials, eto. Among tho battle-scarred flags in another case rests that of the 8th South Carolina, Regiment, whioh was borno through twenty nine battles Although in tatters the embroidery upon it, wrought by woman's hand, is well preserved. May this later work'of wo man, tho preservation of Confederate relics and records in tho Confederate Museum, enduro for countless genera tions to como. TUB GEORGIA KOpMS^ The room assigned sfo G corgi ti wa* tire1 drawing rpom o/fr&eT Whito House of the Confederacy, and is on<j of tho most beautiful in thfc Ma^^iowr"' In this room was hold tholrcccption givon to Capt. William GrifrtnAUfcU^^nd his bride, who was the of President Davis. Tho sword prefiontod to Capt. Waller upon this occasion by Prosidont Davis is now in this room, loaned by his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Tyler Waller. ' :~ Dr. Everard Dp Ren no bequeathed to tho Georgia room the very valuable and extensive collection of books, papers, pictures, nnd all manner of relics accu mulated by his mother, Mrfl..Mary Do Renne, a native of Savannah, and a most devoted Confederate. The books alone in this remarkable collection number ovoir 800, somo of them of great rarity and hietofio interest. They demonstrate, many of them, by the 4ingyjhne the paper and the indis .tjtujuvfcness of tho print, and further by the 'binding, (in some instances wall paper) tile dire straits of the South in the want of^jftfctofrial and appliances. One., interesting feature of this oollaotion is; the ,? largo number of autograph letters, some from Presi dent DAvis, his Cabinot, tho Con federate General^and many prominent oi en of that time.- Three, large cAses have already been filled from this col lection, ana there are yet mafay articles Unpacked. A fourth cape, m#ch larger than tho others, contaiss tho relics whioh have beon sent from Georgia. Separate cases will be asftigned to each oity aa soon as the numhor of rolics makes it necessary. A few muet be J mentioned to show the unwavering love., j lhe psttefitloil, aud lTie "faithfulness even iinto death of those who lived in those sorrowful days. From Savannah oomes the miniature of Capt, Edward 'Richardson Chctyes, of tke staff of Gen. A. R. Lawton^ who was kitted in the battle of Seven Pines at the age of 10 ypars. He was the only son of his mother, and she was a -widow. From Angnsta a loving sister has sent * in ? memory of her brother,' Edward H. Hall, a large num ber of war photographs and relies dt different kinds. This brother, who was killed at Murfreeeboro, Tenn. , was Color bearer of Company I>, 1st Geor gia Volunteers*. A pair of trousers worn by Sergt. John W. Lester, woven from cow 'a hair by his mother, and the mh tit tle with which were woven, oomea i Amongst the portraite brother* .Oe?* How-; Cobb, bangs - one ot JolukMm,Ni< Atlanta.* -jo peiwmalT " ' ' Ithe erhiltgng anTgR _ unknown Confader ib ldmn. ^HnUb tbat she haa dniMk skaUb^ toM ?m'l) memorial of her.** -1! b gT > v Orftloal HsMtal and aaofta tfctcm. and t*e IK. M Hi M. Mississippi's Cotton and Corn Crops Undor Water. GREENVILLE IN GREAT DANGER, Condition of tho Rivers ami Levees, IThe Situation Kxtromely Critical. Dally lluUoting. A special from Jackson, Misa. , dated March 80th, eays: From tho groat YA200 Mississippi dolta, comos n wail of distress And tho ory; * 'Tho lovces have brokonl" is heard throughout our valley of the Nilo. Threo froah breaks have been reported and through which immense volumes of water aro carrying destruction to thousands of happy homos, And devastating aa fertile ft territory as Is to be found on the globe. So far no Iosb of life, oxeopt to domestic animals, has been reported, but may bo ae the great mounds of earth which protect the flourishing oitioa of Greenville, Stonoville, Areola, Frfer'a Point, Boiling Fork and others are watorsoAkod, mushy and liable to givo way at any tirao. The four breaks that havo oc ourred, have flooded or will flood bofore reaohing the Yazoo, perhaps a woek hence, the counties of Bolivar, Wash ington* Sharkey. Issaquauim, Yazoo and portions of others, in whioh ia com prised the finest farms in tho world. In this overflowed district tho State has leasod eight plantations, upon which with her good able-bodied convicts, sho was preparing to mako anothor orop of cotton and corn, tho latter being inline condition. The' greatest ooncorn ia for the olty of jGreenvillo, which, situated as it is, in the hollow *pt a cresoent formed tyy the bend of t the river, world be swopt out of. existence should a break oocnr in thej-iimmediato vioinity. The streetf of t fyi oity Are .twelve feet below the aummwiof the levoe, so that a break once formed there wfculd be no way of stopping the Niagara, and every house in the placti would bo swept from its foundations and the re maining inhabitants hurried into eter nity. Foaring auch a catastrophe, those Who could, havo migrated to tho hills, but thousands still romaiu. The breaks that have ocourrod jh-q both above and . below Greenville, 15 and 25 miien above, so that the wator will pass to tho rear of the city. The Btreams on the delta all flow into the rivor and down the opposite side of the valley. Thou sands of people, white and black, line tho leveos and Are making a desperate effort to hold wh?t remains. It is a life and death struggle, and for this roason there is no rest night or day. Tho qnostion has been asked, does it pay to maintain this great levoo system, and old farmers declare that it does not, that life and business were more cettain forty years ago when no expeot ec&anything but an overflow and pre pared foi' it. ... The Weather Bureau on the after noon of March 30th. issued tho follow ing speoial river buflotin: During the ?ast 84 hours tho Ohio,.,-GuiBberiand, Tennesson and Arkansas rivbio Luve fallen slowly, and tho Red river has risen two feet since. Saturday, and is still rising rapidly. Tho upper Missis sippi from St. Paul to Dubuque, has risen slightly and is above the danger line at La Crosse. The Mississippi has fallen slightly from Keokuk to Cairo, and risen from Now Orleans to Helena, except a alight fall at Arkansas City, due to a crevasse near that place: - li i* above the danger line from Cairo to New Orleans, and from Momphis - to Ar kansas City is above the extreme bigU/Vater of any provious yoars. From Davenport to St. Louis no flooding has occurred excopt on tho islands and low landsv of which amplo warning was given last week." In no case has water reached the ^tops of leveos in this dis trict. nor is it likely t'O do fiO. Serious breaks in the levees have oconrred within tho last for^y-oight hours at Australia. Stop Landing aud Waj'side, Miss, ;-The water from these crevasses will flow into tho Yazoo basin, and it is pa3'hablo that tho counties of Bolivar, Washington. Issaquena and Sharkoy, .Miss,, will be Hooded. Tho situation at Greenville, Miss., is considered ex tremely critical. Until tho period of extremo danger from floods in the low er Mississippi is past a daily bulletin will bo issued. T1IK NASHVIIjfiR CFNTKNNIAIj. , ? 4 i ? . ..... Railroad Kates Agreed Upon On the Same Hus!? as for the Atlanta Kx poslllon. The Southern States Passenger As sociation met nt Nashville with Com missioner Richardson iu the oh air. The meeting was spent in business, and a committco named to agree upon A basin, which w#s to repdrt at ti o'clook iri the afternoon at the centennial grounds. , Xlio committee made their roi>ort, in which the samo basis of rates woro adopted as that of Atlanta daring the exposition, the only exception bcrag the limitation of time. The tickets will bo good soven days at the exposition here against five days at Atlanta. Stop over privileges will be granted at Chat tanooga for special parties, bnt nothing ! definite in regard to ' the latter can 1 stand on the rata? Ag*nt* of the vari I dub' lines agree upon a basis ofrfties, Htandurd 811' v?r Dollars . The issue of standard silver dollars .from the mints and Treasury'officea for Llha week ended March 27, was $401, WO; I and for tbo corresponding period last y*r. $3*9,189. ? Womlaatlon# bytlw President. to b^ envoy ?xtr?ortiin?y and aitMr plenipotentiary of the Cnitad- State* in Ifc-- , :? ~?'<: gasfe* - MFl Y-Firni (H)NUKKSS. Ueport of {lie Proceedings fi'um l>ny to iViy". MVVN Ai'tv/ \Yjjd: r.<j >iy. ? Tho Senate *pent only ludf an hour in open hcs-don toduy, tho remainder of tho tinvo l>oiiig given to tho oon>udorntion :?f tho arbitration treaty, hohind sloped closed doors. Tho agricultural appropriation hill, ono of tho four money hills that failed at tlio last sc? sion, was reported hack in tho shape in which it pawned tho House Inst week, and was plnood on tho calendar, Jt v ill bo noted on at on early day. Tho nttack upon tho civil sorvioo Iam? and its administration, which distin* KuiHhod yesterday's proceedings, \ya? Followod Up today by tho introduction of two billsjpone by Mr. Allen, Porta* lint; of Nobraska, for tho repeal and annulment of t lio law and of all oxecu tivo orders issued undor it; and tho other by Mr. Pritohard ; Ropublicau of North Carolina, chairman of tho com-< mittoo on civil scrvico aud retrench ment, modifying it in its application to tho Government Printing Oflleo. While in exooutivo session tho Son ato confirmed tho nominations of liin gor Hormann, of Orogou, to bo Com* missioner of tno General .Land Omeo, and Krnoflk 0, Timmo, of Wisconsin, to bo Auditor of the State Dopnrtmont. Thursday. ? Amonf; the bills intro duced and referred was ono by Mr. Forakor, Republican, of Ohio, to pro vide a modern organization of tho ar tillery of tho army. Mr, Pasco pro Bented. in an amended form, the cre dentials of John A. IIondorBon oa Sen ator from tho State of Florida, undor appointment by the Governor, until tho noxt mooting of tho Legislature in April next. Mr. Hoar statod that no action had boon takon by tho commit tee on privileges and ofootiona in the matter of tho admission of Senators, tho appoiutinout of Governors. At 12:20, on motion of Mr. Davis, Ro publican, of Minnosota, aoting ohair tnon of the committee on foreign rela tions, tho Sonato prooeedod to tho con sideration (with the doors olosod) of tho arbitration troaty. At 8 r>. in. tho doors were ro-opon"cd aud tlio unfin ished business, the bankruptoy bill, was takon up, tho bill boing road in oxton bo. The reading of tho bill ocoupiod exactly one hour. Sem6 formal aruond monts were offered by Mr, Hoar and wero agroed to. Mr. Nelson, Republi can, of Minnesota, offered a substitute for the bill, which was also read in full, and when it was concluded, thoflonoto, at 4:20 p. m., adjourned. \ / Throe, minor nominations only woro confirfnod by tho Sonato, of looal inter est to Now England and Ohio. Friday, -^-Mr. Gray, Democrat, of fered a resolution for printing tho ro cont deoision of tho Supromo Court in the Trano-Missouricaso.. Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, stated in that connection, that ho had rocoived a largo number of letters and telegrams, asking for print ed copies of tho docision andr that at least 1,000 copies ought to. bo printed. Mr. Oookroll, Democrat, Missouri, suggested that after tho decision was printed as a Sonato document, addi tional oopies could be ordered, within a cost of $300. Tho resolution was thon agroed to. Mr. Morgan offered a resolution which was agreed toj dirooting the At torney General to inform tho Senate whether any, and if so. what agreeinont has beon entered into by tho President, or any of tho departments rotating to the fututo disposition oi tho Union Pacifio Railroad property, by sale or otherwise. , , ? A resolution -was offered by Mr. Lodge, Republican, of Massachusetts, calling for oopies of all papers and cor- < respondence, diplomatic or otherwise, on file in the Stat? Department rolating to the arrest and imprisonment in Cuba of-two Amerioan sailorB, Michel iu and Iiolton. A largo number of bills tfere introduced, among theni one by Mr. Quay, Republican, of Pennsylvania, by request, to suppress pauperism; and by Mr. ^bllom, Republican, of Illinois, to promote aerial transportation. At 4 o'clock-1 the Senate adjournod until. Monday. , Monday.? Tho Sonato ?pont about an hour in opon session and about two hours and a half in seoret -session dur ing the arbitration treaty. A joint reso lution apjvppriating $250,000 (to be made immediately available) for tho im provement of tho Mississippi river was passed. Pottigrew (Silver) of Sputh Dakota, offered a resolution which was Agreed to, oalling on the civiK service commission for a statof^ent of the reas ons why laborers and workmen in the KlIYOui IIIVM* ting oflice and in other dopartmenX^f tho goveri^mont are re quired to submit themselves to compote itivo examination contrary to the pro visions of the civil service law.,. Berry (Dem.) of Arkansas from the committee on publio lands reported, and the Sen ate passed a bill to approvo a comprom ise and settlement betwoeji tha~uftit6d States'and the State of Arkansas. Tubbdat.? The open session of the Senate lasted u^til 2 p. m.t and then the Senate resumed, behind' closed doors, the consideration of the arbitra tion treaty, spending two and a jjalf hours in the discussion. To th<ri,4ti4 bills that had been, introduced np to the close of Monday's session, there . were enough added1 today to bring the whole number above the figure of l/)00, the vast majority of them Miftg pension bills. The house amendments to the iornt resolution passed Monday by the Senate, to appropriate $2,*G,W)0 V> aid In protecting life and, property In the Mississippi floods, were concurred in by the Senate, and the joint resolution was eent to tho President. - HUOBB. W?fe*B?pAY--T,arg* audiences in the the galleries, and an (^usually. large on the floOr Of the House of ItepresentatiTee, heard the third day's general debate upon the tariff bill ' TOe principal speeehee of the d*y were theec of Johnson; of HorthDakoUr OFoifeV nor, of Ohio, and Evans, e4v Kec tacky. Republican member* of ? the Committee ob Wtp isd Metm, in faror of the bill, and of MoVillinjjBf-Tipr 4 O^Tr .^^w^roFo^skocnU, oi Ui^imippii Bim^pmnocrm^ U oommittoe on ways and moans, and Railev.of Texas, the Domooratio load er, will spoak., Alt. Brownlow, Republican, of Ten uossoo, introduced in tho House a bill establishing a dopartmont of com uiorco, labor and manufactures. Tmohmha/. ? 1 bia was tho tnot (lay of general* debate on 1 lio tariff bill in tho ? House of Repre sentatives lindor tho order adopt ed Inst week but, because' Mr. Railoy'a throat would not permit bun to speak this afternoon, an agrooment was made to giro two hours to general debate just before taking the voto noxt Wed nesday, which will boocoupiod by him self and Mr. Dingloy. Tho procoodinRH woro uimsuajlv in* iekt.?,.iu<, ami tuey were listened to generally by ft largo number of mem bers and crowded galleries. Speeches against tho bill woro made by Mo&sra, 1 albeit, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; Clark, Democrat, of Missouri; )/oQ uire, Democrat, of California; Ounn, Popu list, r?f Idaho; Simpson, Populist, ot Kansas; ('ox, Democrat., of Tennosnoe; Mcttno, Domoorat, of Arkansas; Burke, Democrat, of Texas; Lent/, Domoorat, of Ohio, and Do Armond, Domoorat, of Missouri In its favor ftpooohes woro mado bj' Messrs. Tawnoy, Republican, of Minnesota; Dal'/oll. it o publican, of Pennsylvania; Russoll, Republican, of Connootieut, and Payno, Republican, of N^w York, members of the commit* too on ways and means; ami Crow, bo publican, of Pennsylvania; Colson, Uo publiean, of Kentucky, and llawley, Republican, of Texas. At the evening session tho debate oa tho tariff bill was ooutinucd. Mr. ttkinnor, Populist, of North Carolina, in supporting tho bill, said that if for tho past So years tho South had been trying for protection as the North and East had, it would today lm the most prosperous scotiml of the country. Fhiday. ? Tho consideration of tho tariff bill under Hip tlvo-minuto rule, for tho purpose of amendment.- which it was oxpoeted would bo strictly busi ness, Opened with tho liveliest political contort of the session, lasting through tho til ton hours. Promptly upon vending of tho prefa tory pago of tho bill, Mr. Dookory, Demooret, of Missuri, offered nu amondmont for tho Hocrotary of tho Treasury to admit frco of duty any ar ticle the production and ^rico of which was controlled by a trust in tho Unitod fttatoa. Mr. Dingloyj chairman of tho coramittoo on ways and means, made tho point that tho amendment vaB not in order in that plaoo. Tho point was Bustainod by tho chairman, and bin rul ing was unstained by a vote of 158 to 104. In tho course of tho afternoon aovoval ohnngos of duty woro mado, among thorn boing an incroaKO of half a cent on the duty on carbonate of ammonia; an increase from 2o to 40 cout? a pound in tho duty on nulphuHp other; and in or easing tlio duty on , tho products of pig lead from 2J to 8 co^its a pound. At 5:16 p. n\. the 'ITihtse adjourned, having disposod of OA pngOs of tho 10JJ of the tariff bill. ? Satuhuay. ? The House, in commit tee of tho whole, progressed even more slowly in its consideration of tho tarifl bill than Friday, having disposed of only flvo pages agnifist nine and a half tho day boforo. Tho discussion took a wido rango, covoring tho proposition that- the foreigner -pays the tax under a protoctivo tariff; that a duty on hiflos would bo moro beneficial to tho farmer than nil tho duties in tlio Agricultural eohedulc; that pig iron can bo produced ^n Alabama and 'lenncBSco in competi tion with tho North and foroign coun tries, with a smaller duty than 84 a. ton (although no motion was mado to re duce it); that trusts are, in tho main, boneflcial to tho consumers. Aa a re sult of tho day's work, a fow imma terial changes were made in the chem ical and earths, and earthenware soliod ules, proposed by the committco on ways and means. ? "MQrmXy. " In tho House there, were some dissatisfaction among the Repub licans with tho tarift' bill. MoC'all and Lovering, of Massachusetts, protested against the high rates of duty imposed in tho woolen and cotton schedules. Tho provisionsof the b ill woro defended by (IroBvenor, of Ohio; -Russol), of Gonncoticut,andDingley,of Maino. The changes made by the ways and means committeo were generally of slight im portance. The ecnato joint resolution, I making immediately available $2, >0,000 for tho protection of tho lower Miwsis Rippi, and carrying foiiio of the more pressing items in tlio doflcionoy bill, passed. , TrKspAV. ? ThoHouso occupied near- | ly all day in disposing of amendments offered by tho committee onwaysand i means, most of which went, to perfect ing tho phraseology, or making classi fication oloaror. An amendment put ting books, maps and charts imported for tho uso of schools, ool leges and pub lio librarios on the fylo list, was agreed to. m WAti alno-onfc restoring the-Me Kmley rales on horses and mules. Twenty paragraphs of tho tariff bill hav? now boon passed over, * - ? JKFFERSON'S niltTIIDAY. . Organisations In (lie National Asso ciation of Democratic Clubs. Tho National Association of Demo* cratio Clut>a lias issued a general oall to each Democratic society in the United States, which is respectfully ??ked to join tho National Aaaoeiatiop of the Dernocratio clubs^n the celebra tion of the 164th juj^Kaay of XhomM .Tefforson on ihpjpnh of April next, is such manner aim by such ceremoaMi as may to each of them be aaoat agretf [ Tli Vex ocu Vive committee of the olabt /fas been reorganized on a silver basis, president Blaefe announces the comple tion or the executive committee of the National Association of. Democratic JWrro Urn m ^e&Uon of ^Democratic clnbe in 1900, aa ? . A QUICK 1IKAH1NO Will Ho llud of Appeal In Trfttflo As sociation Ctiso< Attornoy-Goneral MoKonna has di rected Oistriot Attorney MoFarlano at Now York to tak? an appeal from tho decision of tho circuit court of appeals, delivered at Now York last Friday, \x) favor of the Joint Traffic Association, coin posed of Eastern trunk lines. This oa*o is closely allied to that of tho Trans . Miseoun freight association, in which tho United States Supremo Court last Monday held that the anti-trust law was constitutional. Tho same quontiouH , are involved as in the Trans Missouri ease with tho addition that tho Joint 1 raffle Association is charged with vio lation of tho anti-pool in, clause of the inter-state commerce act. Tho circuit court of appeals held that the United Htatoa had no right to go into court in an attempt to dissolve tho association , undor oither the nnt>Uti ust or inter-state coinmoroe acts. It is contended at the department of justice that even the dis senting opinion of tho Supromo Court did not sustain points sustained by tin circuit court of appoale. When tho papers in the nppoal arrive tho Attoruoy-Geuornl will ask tho Supremo court to advance tho easo so that it may ho heard at tho presout term. Another itoud praws Out. The St Louis andSAn Francisco mil road Thursday guv? notico of with drawn! from all tho t radio associations, both fi(/.,ht?nd passongov, in tho Wost and youth wost. This action is taken on account of tho Supremo Court decis ion on Tuosday' doolnring the Traus Mispouri Traffic Associat on t>> ho il legal. Bo far no notion has bucn taken by any of tho car eorvioo auaooia tions. * New? of tlw Floo<t. Anotlxor break in tho loveo at Fifteen Milo Bayou, nino milo& bolow Modoo, Ark, , is reported. li is now ovev Ave hundrod foot in width and hourly in creasing. Assistant United States En pinoor Nottv states that in his opinion all tho White river loveo system, from T?doo south; will ovowtually go to pieces .V ifaneas City, Mo., the Missouri livev is within 28 foot of thodnngor lino and tho indications avo that it will go at loast ono foot, higher. Tho bottom at tho mouth of tho I\'aw river is over flowed and the squat tors havo boon oompolled to tako refuge on the binds. Tho Holt Lino Railway tracks are un der water in places and serious trouble is foarod. Tho Armour Packing Com pany has a large foroo of men at work to guard against dainago by tho oxpeot od overflow. Several more breaks ir)s tho loveo at Bird's point havo occurred and a cur ron t of wator as strong as a mill raco is rushing through the oonter of that vil-. | lago. Already a dozen houses liav<$ l)oon swept from their foundations and it now looks as if thoro will not bo a building loft in tho place. Fortunately tho dwellers had atriplo warning and romovod most of their household goods and merchandise. With ono exooption, the bridge ovor tho Flint river, at Albanv, Oft., there is not a publio bridge loft in the county. ?Tho iron bridgo across the Kinchco fooneo creok. reoontly built jointly by Doughty an 4 Leu counties and costing wan swept away without ft voatige being loft. Rocket Shops Win. Judge llorton, of tho circuit oourt, has overruled tho motion of the board of trado4of Chicago, the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Gold and Stook Telegraph Company and tho Pos tal Telegraph Company to dissolvo the tetoporar/'lnjunctloiifl, rostral nlng these partes from detaching telegraph wires fron^ the nlaco of busmos of Har ry E. Wyly and theW. A. Michel Com mission Company et al.t and from ro moving "tickers and from cutting off or in any wise interfering with "the supply of information as has been here tofore supplied." . , ""7, T 1 (ji concluding lnsdeoision, tho Judgo says; "Tho defendant tolegraph com panies havo boon so long permitted to coutinue to transmit to the public tho 'markot news' aud said tolograph com panies havo been so long omployod by tho publio so to do that said companies may now bo considered as agents of the publio for that purpose, re oognifced as suoh by the board of trado. " .s*. Fro? Htlvcr ItcnnBllcans. A new political party has boon launched in Nebraska. It is composed of mombors who havo herotoforo affili ated with tho Republicans, but last No vember voted for W. J. Bryan for i 'res ident on l?o currenoy quest lou alone. The convention" which root in Lincoln was not largely attended. Chfcrlea Woostor, a member of tho lower house of the Legislature, was mado chair man. The present name Free Silver Republican* of Nebraska was retained. Judge D. D. Grogory, of Omaha, woe made the Nebraska membor of the Nft* tional Ccmmitteo and a State organiza tion was effected. Six Con?ree?ionaI district committeemen were *l*o select ed and arrangements pe' 'ectod for car rying on an activo cam! -Jgn: Contrary to exneotationo, Mr. Bry?n.wo? not present "? "? Three Friends Seized.. At Jacksonville Fla., Thursday the stealer Three Friends, which "arrived in port Thursday, has ftgai n beenaei zed " order of the United State* Court, in with the recent decision of le Court, . in the iibei ^casft :ainst the boat. The bond ;ied.?-.?fter whWi ?Mirrnrn fiftoed in charge. The tog Mnii Ik ^ BIr?liifc??'? C^tos MH1. k Aft Birminghato the ' Macoo's Successor Falls Into tho Hands of Spain. * . , ? 'I BADLY WOUNDED BY A SHELL. ' XI i ft Cohan Innur^oitt 0*n<*r*l Hnd Thr?? Itnttftt* lu HI* llxly and A Comrade Wn? TrjJu* to (l*rrr II Im OW tlio lluU' tletteld Whew the HpnntAVda Swooped Dow ii*? American Corre?pond?nt Shot. IIavaka, Cul>i\ (By Oab|o).-~QonerAl Her nando* do Volftaco, who t? tf^orattng lu tho hills of tho province of Plnnr dot Rio, has Bout a report to tho Oovornmnnt whtoh beta oftunod iQUvh elation, to all olaKHos of loyal Hpnnlnr Ip, It > Anya that whtlo his oommnud was t.i tho vlolulty of Oabozndas, tn tho Rto, Hondo district, thoy encountered a party of Insurgents 100 strong, who woro under the ootumnn t of General Hals Itivora, who waa appointed to tho command of tho tnaurgonta I In Pinnr del Rio Aftor tho death of Antoulo j Mauco. The tro<itri(en(rt often piod a tdropg position and fought stubbornly, out n'tor nu cncrAKoment which lasted an hour thoy w< Jta defeated and dispersed. Roforo tho Insurgent position was Cftp t uvod a gr undo, whioh wn* thrown by tho HpnntardP, fell among ihe Insurgents, uud,' exploiting, wounded many of thorn. Thin oaueod a panic, and uinny of the insurgents fled, Bhortly ntorihoexp'oslonlheSpAnlah Infantry penetrated the Innocents' pos!? lion, Thoy found Oolonnl ihionilOA, Ohjof of Staff to General Rivera, attempting tt? curry the lattor, who hud boon woundod ty, > three bnllotf. to a pleco of safoty. wero maiio prisoner?. ' . Lioutonunt Tetry, of tho Ineurgont party, who Imd boon badly wouudod by u fragment of a shell, wah also cuptured, Tlio insurge&ta MAjrOTt OBNBBAIi JUAN ROM UI7KAA, onrrlo<1 ?omo of th?lr dead with thorn, but " loft on the fleld ton bodies that th?y wore jin able to ro move. The Spanish lota was only ' ono man killed and one Lieutenant and twonty-four privates woiittdfd, ; Uunoral Velauao sent jGoneral Rivera, Colon*! BuoHlloa, nud Lieutenant Terry. In oli urge oi two companies . of troops, to Haa . s Cristobal. Llomonnnt Terry was so badly ln Jurojl, however, t bat ho died onithe road.. Hpeaking to a. soldier. wJjd Orietobaf. Conor*! Rivera Nuui inat ne nad lieen kindly , troatod by his captor*. He oomplatns greatly oLtho pain of bis wounds, but Is coo! ana " fiolf-poMGAsed. Ho has one bullet ei 111 lodged ? in hln thigh.- He is lodged at the quarters of tlio Quardta OlvlL >y:', Rivera succeeded to the obmmand in Pi&ar del Rio after the murder of QananU "Ksoso; "' When Maceo was killed the Spaniards *e joiood in the belief that there was ao man. to; lake his pl?c?, Rivera, however, speedily; ? proved that the death of bis chief did not mean the suppr/w?Ion .of the. uprislnjpr lo . Ploar del Bio. He continued it* an aotiro campaiffotH wbtoh turproyeaDtmgelf abraya ? icudnr and a coosa tnnme strategist. tjnaer ~ " his command the* insurgents have haraceed ' the Spaniards on every hand, and time *ndT ngaln lnfilotdd deff-at on their troops, ;? Private adricee bare been received hereto the ?Afoot that O. O. Crosby, the cerrespon deut of a Chicago newspaper, was killed while feituesslng the recent combat at Juan Orlollo, neat Arroyo Blanco, It lft said that ho wan with the insurgents, _ ... 1 EXPEDITIONS TO CUBA. Laurmla, Three Friends and llertuirdji LanA War fitorw. Thrco important fllibnttering oxpedltibns from tho Unit o J States, according to advtoce rcoeived by the Oubaq Junta In New York 01 ty, have succeeded In eluding the United Btatce officials and Spaulnh patrols and land Jjupna&itions of inir lu Coos. The vawela that tail the' KnuulUl sr. !-? Three Friends, and, It Is believed, the Ber muda. - The Lnurada took on her. cargo off Barne gnt, N. J. It consist d iMt 8010 rl flee, f oar gun*, 8,000.000 cartridges and 120 oasee of . rxptrmlTO'. -General -Boioff wet;.fe..0Pm-~ ? ~ mand* The Three Friends party, under command - of Pi>ree Oarbo, comprised a number of votrthtfewr, and their war More* oonitsted. : of 6000 r.fles and 800,000 cartridges. They - landed at Marianao. ? . " . Kmilio Hunes headed the third expedU tlon, which got aihore at JtUdet* but not without mishap, The pony were dteoovered by the Spaniards, and In the fight ttuU ?K (owed several Cubans were killed* .eight uv?s lost at bea- - fctttly Drowsed on an Oyster Sloe* Off 0 . . Faneeeele* . 2 :.i . . Sight persons were drawned Just outside ? - the harbor Of P^-nsacola, Fla., between tlw sea buoy and the belt buojr. One wkote faintly ?John ConMActlne. wife and three child ran? were lost, a* were '? MAKhAlid ~~ MlimiHil - 1 ??!!? *llo f St., _ B*? Moatee. ... .