The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 08, 1893, Image 3

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IN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS. ftgHMto ot Bott Bosses ot tie Fffly-Seeoni Coapss. Measures IHsensse* ?a* Bills Passed Bj Oar Xatiwtal Law-Makers, :* THE SENATS. ?- v fu thc renate, Tuesday, senator Har ??S reported the quarantine bili with thc appropriating clause omitted as a substi? tute fot the quarantine and immigration btft passed by tbe boase. Senator Hill - abjected to immediate action upon the bili, as he wished to examine it, and the feHlweot over ?util Wednesday. Th* ?eaate thea took up Mr. Chandlers fte olutioa requesting the president tb trans? mit to the senate any convention he may dake with, the provisional government of Hawaik and Mr. Cmdier discussed it, and moved reference of the resolution to the committee on foreiga relations. Hr. Dolph made a long statement ?QA fte sabjecN giving details as to the population, commerce, etc., of the island, and favoring annexation, before lie had conduitd his speech the anti-option biil was taken up. ?.t B:15 o'clock discussion on the bill .closed and toting be^an. The first vote was oa tile amendment offered by Mr. Vila* to strike but. of the George substi t*?e the words "options and futures as hereinbefore defined, are hereby declared to be obstructions to. and restraint upon ^commerce among the states, and with foreign countries, and to be illegal and void." The vote was yeas 21, nays 50. 80 tile aarendment was defeated. " The next vote was on Mr. George's substi ^tbs, which proposed to declare the bus? iness of options and futures au obstacle to and restraint upon commerce, and to be illegal and void, lt was rejected, yeas 10, nays e. Hie ' question was then rm the passage of the bill. Several other amendments were presented, a?d all were " rejected, some without division. The bili was then passed, yeas 40, nays 29 Tbe fortification bill was then taken up. Mr. Dolph took the Soor and continued the speech which he had begun in the morning on the subj ect of the annexa? tion of Hawaiian isl ands. He yielded the fioor temporarily to permit notices to be given of memorial services on Friday "at $ ocloek p. m., for the late Senator barbour of Virginia, and on Saturday at 4 o'clock for the late Representatives Gamble, of South Dakota; Ford of Michigan, and S'aeklnuse^ of South Carotina. Mr. Dolph then went on with the leading of his speech. When he closed the consideration of the fortifica? tion bill was proceeded with. Ko prog? ress, however, was made, and the senate adjourned. Ia the senate, Wednesday, the vice president announced tbe appointment of Messrs. Teller, Ransom and McPherson as a committee to make the necessary ar? rangements for the inauguration of the president-elect on the 4th of March next. Mr. "Washburn moved that the senate insist on its amendments to the acti-op t?os bill>, and ask a conference with the bouse. The motion was agreed to, and Messrs. Washburn, Mitchell and George wae appointed conferees on the part of the senate. The fortification bill was then taken up. Mr. Teller offered an amendment appropri?t ing $130,000 for testin? the twelve inch elt vating gun carriage of 2s. H. Emery. Agreed to. No other amend ment was successful. The bill was then passed, and the army appropriation bill was taken up. Mr. Proctor moved an amendment increasing the monthly pay of first sergeants to $30, and sergeants to $18 an increase of $8 and $1 respective? ly, and gi via? to both classes it creased pay for length of service. Agreed to. This was the only amendment adopted. The bill was then passed, and the Dis? trict of Colnmbia appropriation bill was taken up. 'ihe only item that provoked any oppjsition was the amendment reported by the commit? tee on appropriations, directing the district commissioners to obtain plans and specifications for municipal buildings to cost $500,000, on the reservation in front of Center Market, on Pennsylvania avenue. The amendment was allowed to Sro over till Ihursday without action. Bills on the calendar were then passed as follows : House bill to. authorize the construction of a bridge across Mobile river by the Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Port Ballway Company; extending for three years the time to complete the con? struction of a bridge across the Alabama river; and to authorize the construction of a bridge across Warrior river by the n Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis p Railway Company. After a short execu- r rive session the senate adjourned. In the senate. Thursday, Messrs. Hale and Blackburn -were appointed by the vice president as tellers to assist in counting in the electoral vote on the 8th of February. The con?u rrent resolution from the legislature of Oregon requestio g the senators from that state to use all honorable means to secure the annexa? tion of the Hawaiian island to the Uni? ted States was presented by Mr. Dolph, and referred to the committee on foreign relation?. The resolution heretofore of? fered by Mr. Chandler requesting the president to enter into negotiations with ( the commissioners of the provissionii j government of Hawaii for the annexation \ of the Hawaii islands was, on Mr. Chan- j dlers motion, referred to the committee f on foreign relations. "\ THE nousE. i Io the house, Tuesday, on motion of * Mr. Wilson, from the committee on thc J census, a resolution was adopted calling ' en the secretary of the interior for in- ? formation as to whether manufacturers ^ ??nd refiners <>t su???r hav-? ret us J to \ answer ouestrons propounded 'o them by * census ? fil his, and if so, what steps * h'?ve been taken to compel them to b answer. The house then r. sumed, tu ? committee of the whole, consid?r?t.on ? * of the sundry civil sppropriati n j * bill. When th* paragraph making j * appropriation to c ?stinue the build- j ? ?ng of the library of ron .res?; W?R j ^ reached Mr E'doe moved au srnenduTr:-* j n providing th u thc chief of engineers wi 1 ! *? award ai', contracts for material to the j lowest responsible bidder and preference ?hali bc 2iven t"> home cv r foreign pr?>- \ * . Tiiecs, ''\?e<i materia! . ; cqua <?> g?> a j ^ quality of kr ni 3 production is offered at * equal or lower prices. Mr. Cogswell 1 hoped rh?t th' amendment wou'd be * adopted, because it inv??h*.. d nich good n republican protective doctrine'. The a amendment was adopted. Mr. Bland P gave notice that be would deena d 'i s< in the house a yea and nay vote *' on the amendment relative 'o marble ! *( for the congressional library, it wa* j p?aig to him that the democratic house. , fll which was opposed to pro'ect?on, should j ^ not put itself up in favor of tbe Tonnes i 0 see marble and in opposition to Ithliar. : P marble. It was a protectionist pr posi- * Hon. Mr. Enloe said that thc gentleman j sl from Missouri Lad misiVerpreted his j ai amendment. It did rot contain any pro- j j? vision for ! be use of Tennessee marble, ! 1 nor did it coLtaia any principie of pro- P tection. Its purpose was to pat thc j P American citizen on an equal footing j " with foreigners. j sa In the house, Wednesday morning, in i P pursuance of the terms of a co. cu rrent I 01 resolution passed by i'iit h"\n*. and sen- ; tr ate, making arrangements for rhe c un - j m ing of the electoral vole, <-be speaker ap- *f pointed ss telfer* on the ?>;r?- <>! rh* j house Messr?. Chapman and Lodge. ; Both are mern UT s of the committee on j u* the ?-Iee*ion of president and vice presi- y deut. Thc bouse then went in o :? com- *? mittee of the whole for the ?ur?her coo ic i 1 sideratton of the sundry civil bill. The pending, .question was on the Jurisdict? ional point of order raised by kr. But? ler, of Iowa, against the river and har? bor items ot the bill. It was con? tended that the appropriations should have been reported by the committee on rivera ?nd harbor? ; but, although Mr. Holman, was the foremost of th??e who made the contention; against the power of the committee of which he is chairman, that committee came out victorious, and that item was decided to be a proper one. and further than that, the item withstood a fusilade of objections and c..me out unscathed. Yee aggregate of the item is sixteen millions. Without finally act? ing on the bil! the house adjourned. The hctise Thursday morning discuss? ed for a time ?he point of order that amendments to the an i-'ption bill must first be considered in committee of the whole. The speaker then rt served his decision upon the point of order until Friday. Mr. Catchins, from the rules committee, reported the special order for the bank circulation bi il (Andrews and Cate silver repent), giving notice that he would call it up February 'O'. The anti option bill-, with the senate amendments, having been laid before the house, Mr. Hatch moved that the house non-concur in the amendments and agree to the re? quest of the senate for a conference. Mr. Bynum raised the point of order that the amendments must be considered in the committee of the whole. Mr. Cum? mings introduced a bill to provide for and facilitate commercial and political Union between the United States of America and the Dominion of Cauada. Consideration of thc sundry civil appro? priation bill was then rt^umed. A num? ber of amendments were presented but were defeated. The com mil tee th/ u rose and reported the bili to the house. Tie amendments-except those to which opposition was mide-were agreed o in bulk. The- En Foe amendment g: vi og preference to domestic marble over for? eign marble was lost. The bill then passed, and at 5:10 o'clock the house ad? journed. CAMTAL oossrp. Mr. Milk's credentials for his second term were presented to the senate Tues? day. The senate committee Thursday morn iag> by a unanimous vot?> decided to report the Norfolk and Western biil fa? vorably, but with t*o anienduients. There was a hu1- bub of ex* ra ses-ion talking in W< shington Thursday. Don Dickiiisons's expression that an extra session might be called to repeal the Sherman Jaw was spread around with amazing rapidity. Tom Watson, of Georgia, introduced a bill in the h ?use Thursday providing fo?? an increase of the national currency and to provide a method for the distribution :>f the same by homestead land laws and to provide for the payment of stxd loans md for other purposes. Senator Butler offered in the senate, rhursday, an amendment to the naval ippropriatioa bill empowering the sec etary of the navy to purchase for the laval purposes certain plats of land ad acent to the United States naval station it Port Royal, S. C., an appropriation of ?10,000 provided for this purpose* As a compromise settlement of the sil rer question, Colonel Livingston, of Jeorgia, has proposed that all the bul ion in the treasury be coined, ib.it the ?herman law be repealed and the gov rnment forbidden to speculate in either ilver or gold, and that the owners of liver bullion be allowed to have coined ree two million dollars a month. The om promise has been received with some avor. The nomination of Judge Jackson, as jamar's successor, came as a great sur? mise to the senators and was received fhile the senate was in executive sessiou. fhere were no comments made on the lx>rt but the republicans gathered about n tittle groups and discussed ir. "With he exception of a few who think the >re?.'.ident should have appoioted a re? publican, the nomination was well re? lived. There will, it is said, be little, if any, opposition to his cor.firmatioa. Agrien ItnnU Appropriation Bill. The house committee on agriculture completed the agricultural appropriation ?ill Wednesday. The bill as agreed upon ?arries an appropriation of $3,189,800, a reduction of $33,360 from the current i*cal year, and $125,700 below the esti nates. TTie total decrease from last rear's appropriations is reilly $193,260 a the deficiency bill was passed last year ppropriating $160,000 for the inspection ?f meat and live stock exported and for n inquiry int^ the man ufa Cure of sugar. Ln item of $10,000 proposed for exper aental silk culture was rejected and no ?rovision was made for experiments in ain-making. How thc Vote Stood. The following is the vote in detail on he anti-option bill : Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Blackburn,Call, handler, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Du HHS, Faulkner, Felton, Frye, Galiinger. Jordon, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, liggins, Hunton, Irby. Kyle, McMillan, Sanderson, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill, 'effer. Perkins, Pettigrew, Proctor, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Stockbridge, feller, Turpie, Voorhees, Waithall, Washburn and Wilson-40. Nays-Messrs. Berry, Blodgett, Butler, jeffery, Cameron, Coke, Daniel, Dawe9, )ixon, Gibson, Gorman, Gray, Harris, iii!, H'scock, Hoar, Jones (Arkansas), IcPherson, Mills, Palmer, Platt, Pugh, lansom, lawyer, Stewart, Vest, Vilar., Vhite and Wolcott-29. Pairs were announced between Car ise and Paddock, Aldrich and Quay, 5ate and Allen, Jones, of Nevada, and bunders, Pasco and Casey, Vance and Vanen. Senator Gordon voted for the bill and ienator Colquitt paired iu favor of it. "he Texas senators both voted against he bill as did the two Arkansas senators, rho were instructed by their legislature r? vote for it. Though the Missouri sen - tors were instructed by the legislature of hat state to vote for the bill, Senator "est made a statement. Though in? ti ucted by his legislature to vote for the ill he would vote against it. Senator tockerell, however, voted for it. A ia jori ty of the southern senators voted gainst the bill. Terms of th* Antt-Optinn Rill. The anti option bill as passed by the ?nate, Tuesday, ia the one passed by the ouse of representatives on June 9th, 892, with various senate ammdments "ereto. The first section dc fines thc { c 'ord options to mean a contract or agree ; 1 lent for the right or privilege to deliver j ' t a future time or within a designated , eriod any of the articles mentioned in ! } ;ction three. The second section defines j * atures to mean a contract or agreement j * > sell and deliver at a future time or ? 5 .ithin a designated period any of such j rticles wheo the party so contracting ! .j .as not the owner of such articles or had ! ? ot agreed for the right to *heir future ' ' ossession. The act, however, is not to pplj to any contract to supply national, j :ate or municipal governments with j ay such articles, nor to contract by j I inners and planters for future de- j very, nor to agreement* to pay or dtrliv- j I art of the pr-ducs of land as a com- j ensation for its use, or as compensation >r work or labor done or to be done on 1 ime, nor to agreements with farmers or lanters to furnish such articles for use j . consumption-piovided that such cn acts or agreements shall not bu ! ade or settled for by ito y board of ! ade or exchange. The third see on specifies articles to which thc ll is to apply, ?9 cotton-raw or i manufactured- hops, wheat, corn, o-.its. e, barley, pork, lard and bacon. The ?urth section imposes special taxes, a* liows: pealers ia .options or ?utuies lt at $;?-5000, a year license fee and 5 cents ? pound on cotton, hops, pork, lard or bacon and 20 cents a bushel on grain. Sectious five to fourteen relate to details for enforcing the tax, and section fifteen provides that the act shall take effect on the 1st of July 1893. The bill passed the senate Tuesday af? ternoon by a vote of 40 to 29. A score or more of amendments were offered to the bill as reported from the senate com? mittee on agriculture, I ut none "were adopted. The committee on agriculture however had amended the bill materially jfroifc the shape in which it came from the house. Thus the bill goes back to the house in an amended form, and must be again acted upon by that body. IT IS JUDGE JACKSON. President Harrison Nomnates a D?l? ir?t as Jfls?iee Lamar's Snceessor. The >omi nat ion Generally Endorsed. Sketch of Jndge Jackson's Life. President Harrison, on Thursday, nom? inated Hovell E Jackson, of Tennessee, to be associate justice of tue supreme court of the United States, vice L. Q. C. Limar, deceased. Howell Edmunds Jackson is au ex-sen? ator, and at pressnt judge cf the United C-Iates court for thc district embracing Tennes3ee. He is a native and lifelong resident of Tennessee. Inquiry about toe capitol shows that the appointment, considered from a judi? cial and not political view, is a splendid on*. Abemt the supreme court it is said that President Harrison has shown once more a great deal of judgement m his selection of a man for the place on the bench of the highest tribunal in the land, lt ia stated that Mr. Jackson has made a fine circuit. judge* and that no doubt is entertained as to his making a good justice. The appointment was a great surprise to the Tennessee delegation in the house, The two republican members felt soie over the selection of a democrat, and a state's rights mao, but when asked as to jackson's personal fitness, conceded that his character and abilities were ail that could be desired. The selection was politically no more pleasing to some of the democratic representatives, who re? call the fact that Judge Jackson was the leader of the uup school democrats of Tennessee," an element which made a warm but unsuccessful fight within the party in favor of the payment of the state debt, dollar f-..r dollar substantial? ly as demanded by the bondholders. Tnese men gaid} however that the new judge Was strong, clean aiid able; A SKETCft OF HIS LIFE. Howell ?. Jackson was born at Paris, Tennessee, in 1830, where his early years were spent, and where he received his early education. When come to a proper >-ge he entered the University of Virginia where he studied law, graduated; and re? turned to Tennessee. He began theprac nce of his profession at Jackson, where his father had removed about the time he left college, but in 1859 he moved to Memphis, having married a Miss Molloy, of that city. Here he formed a partner? ship with Judge B. M. Eu4is. He remained in Memphis until aftev the death of his first wife, which occurred in 1ST3. In 18To he married the daugh? ter of General W. H. Harding, of the Belle Meade farm, near Nashville, and in 1880 was elected to the United States senate, but resigned his seat in 1886 to iccept the positiou of United States cir? cuit judge of the sixth juiicid circuit of the United States, comprising Kentucky* Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan. This appointment was made by Mr. Cleveland luring his first administration, and is the position he now holds. Judge Jackson has always been a it: nch democrat,though in 1881 he left the ?enate to canvass the state in the interest >f the state debt question, being the eader of the wing of the democratic Darty known at that time as the ''sky >lues," who were opposed to repudiating he state bonds. The bonds were repu iiated, but it was aguinst the convictions )f some of thc best raeu iu the state, >articularly of the old school, who deem? ed it a blot on the reputation of Tennes ee. While in the senate Judge Jackson ormed an acquaint ince with President 3arrison. then serving as senator from 'ndiana. The acquaintance soon ripened nto a w:>rni friendship, which extended X) the families of the two senators. The wo families became very intimate, and vhile in Washington were on the easiest md freest relations, it being a frequent bing to nnd the two senators dining to? gether at each otb? r's homes, or drop? ping in to a cup of tea. 'I he friendship las rot been diminished by years, and in bis probably lies one of the motives rbicb governed the selection of Juige lacksou as Justice La?na'r successor. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Developments During The Week. A review of the industrial situation in the >outh for the week past .-hows that there is an vident increase in the volume of industrial de elopaient. Six new cotton iniils have been cr? anked during the week, one at Columbia S. '., with $750,000 capital, another at Monroe, ,a., with ?250,000 capital, one at Orangeburg. . C., capitalized at $100,030, and others flt 'lorene^. Ala.. Chickamuuga and Hartwell, ra. A S100,000 distillery has been chartered at Weatherford. Texas and five flouring mills, fonr otton oil milli, three tanner.es and seventeen .oodworkiug establishments have also been re orted. Fifty-three x.cw industri? s Mere'established r incorporuted during the week, together with enlargements of manufactories, and 14 im 'ortant n' w buildings. Among the new indus ries reported for the we.k ave brick works at longton, Texis; canning factorrs at Hender? ?n. N. C., Claraville and Oak Grove, Tenn., a 60,000 development company a: Covington, Ly., and a distillery ar Fort Wort!?. T xas. '?our and pri-it mills are reported at B'.adestau. ly.. Maiden, N. C.. Pik*.ville, Jonesboro and Villette, Tenn., a fence company at Florence. >. C.. a machine shop at ?oek Hill, S. C.. and il m?ls at Beebe and Little Kock. Ark., Mem .iiis. Tenn., and Cleburne, Texas. Phosphate works are u> he established at Al non, Bartow ?nd Williston, Fla., and tauner es at Shreveport, La., bristol. Tent)., and "harJestoo, \V. Va. Tho wood working plan?? ?f the week include baud -sw md;* ?; Dyers .?.rg. Tenn . end Norfolk, Va., h fund aro fae ory at Jackson. Tenn., a hunbei company al Charleston, S. <*.. sn 1 saw. planing a :-i shingle mils ar Denfro, AM., S*n Antonio. Fla.. Kr? tier, Ca.. Benton. Ky-, Eltville, M><-.. ^?<<?'.? asi and Woodland, N. C.. (J en Alpin'"-, b. C., ??uo Spring and Dyttsburg, Tenn., and 'buxchviile an 1 Big Stone Gap. Va. Wahr rks ar? to be Wudt :?t Cnllman.Ala . iransas PASS. Cameron and Hontsvil't. Texas, imonj; the enlargements reported are a ove j forks at Atlanta, Ga., cotton mills at Union ?prings:, Ala., Augusta, (ia., Henrietta and >aiisbury, N. ?'..ai?;l stave wo?ks ai Mt. I'l-as ut, Tenn The new buildings of th week include a f?OO.0CO court house ar Fort Worth, Texas, and .ne costing $75.000at Parkersburg, W. Va., sn 'I ?ra house at Clinton. Tenn., and school bulld? ogs at Knoxville. Tenn-, and Plant City, Fla. Tradesman fCbattanooca. Tc-n.} T IS NOW SENATOR LINDSAY. I [entucky Sends Him to Washington j j as Carlisle's Successor. ? A di'pacb of Monday frcm Frankfort, ! i ly.. Sf.vs: Judge William Lindsay will . - >c sent "to Washington as the successor j i f Senator J. G. Carlisle. The new sena- j t or is almost a? large as Da/id Davis. I ? le is a fyp;cal Kentuckian in manners \ nd ojipefrance and about 55 years cf r g , a ?Hwy i' by profession, served on the i : tupirme bench and has been for j i OJ? rs a state sena'or as well as Kentucky's ? . omnii sioner to th- World's Fair, Four j \ Qontbs *go Presiucn* Harrison tendered I .;. ; ru the position of interstate commerce j omrei^jycer, aa office which fe? declined, j 6 REVOLUTION IN HAWAII. Tie ?fflartMai Gfl?eiiient Oierttrowi by tie People o? toe Islands. Annexation to the United States De sired by tne N?tr Government, ? Washington special says : Secretan ?f State Foster received Saturday morn ing advices from Hawaii to the effect thal the monarchy was overgrown, and a pro visional government established in the interests of-the whole people of thi is'ands. The cabinet was voted out or January 12th, and another appointed on the 14th, on Which day the queen pro? rogued th? legislature and att mpted tc proclaim a new constitution, disfranchis? ing foreigners and increasing the loyal prerogatives. january IBth'the citizens organized a committee of safety. On the 17th the provisional government was established and the queen dethroned. The revolution was accomplished without the loss of a single life. The ?nited States troops landed in accordance with the request of the American minister to preserve the property of Americans. The new gov? ernment was promptly recognized by most of the diplomatic representatives. The four men who constitute the head of the provisional government are of high character, one having resigned a place on the supreme bench to assume the po? sition. The latest advices report the island ih a state of tranquility. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. Mt. Mott Smitbj the Hawaiian minis? ter at Washington, has received ah offi? cial dispatch confirming the report that the Hawaiian government had been overthrown and that thc new commis? sioners from the new government were on their way to Washington from San Francisco to ask that Hawaii be annexed to the United States. Mr. Smith is now at the state department waiting the ad? vice of the secretary of state of the in? formation he has received. The ftate and navy department have been officially informed of the revolution. DEMAND OF TEE PROCLAMATION. A special from San Francisco gives the following details of the revolution in Ha? waii: "The first intimation of trouble came on January loth, when the queen tried to get the cabinet to sign the now constitution that disfranchised ali for? eigners and put the whole government in the hands of native politicians. Tne ministers refused, and when threatened by the queen fled for their lives. They returned later and induced the queen to postpone the coUp. There was a little public meeting in front of the palace. The queen announced the failure of her plans and a native orator demanded the lives of the ministers. E ody io the evening the citizen met and formed a committee of public safety. "On January 16th a mass meeting wns held in the armory. At about 5 o'clock p. m. the Uni'ed States steamship B >s ton landed 300 men fully armed. They marched to the office of the consul gene? ral of the United States. The marines were sent to the American legation, while the sailors marched out" atong Merchant street with two Gatling guns and camped for a while on private grounds. They stayed ashore all night. All day Tuesday, the 18th, the commun? ity was in a state of expectancy, looking bo the committee of public safety to do something to end the tension. The com? mittee in the meantime was no; idle, being incessantly occupied completing its organization and completing the final irrangements necessary to the proclama? tion of a provisional government and its protection by an armed force. "In the meantime the committee on public 3afety, accompanied by members rf the government about to bc formed, proceeded to the government building. There a proclamation was read, of which points are as follows: "First. The Hawaiian monarchical system of government is hereby abro? gated. . "Second. A provii'onal government for concrol and management ot public affairs and protection of public peace is aereby established to exist until terms of iniou with the United States of America lave been negotiated and agreed up-on. 4 "Third. Such provisional govern? ment shall consist of an executive coun? cil of four members who shall admims ;er the executive department of the gov ;rnment with an advisory council of four aen, who shall have a general legislature or authority. 1 "Fourth. All officers of the govern - nent are to exercise their functions ex? cept the queen, Marshal Wilson and the ?abinet. The provisional government and cabi? net went to the palace and submitted heir plan to the queen. She refused at irst to yield, but finally returned to her rouotry residence, her troops surrendered ind the government was iu the hands ot breigners. The deposition of the queen *as followed by the sending of the fol owing named commissioners to Washing- j ;on to negotiate with the United States 1 rovernment: Thurston, Castle, Wilder, j barsden and Carter. Mr. Thurston vas seen at the Occidental Saturday norning. He said: "We shall start for ?Vsshington to secure annexation to the Jnited States. We want no protecco at? and no republic. A republic would >e worse than a monarchy, for ignorant kanakas would rule. I m>y s-iy that the oreigners are unanimously in favor of innexation as the only hope for Hawaii. The queen has been nursing ber c up le'tat ever since she came to the tbionc. ?he wanted arbitrary power first. She ecured the passage of the infamous lott? ery bill, and then sprang a new eonsti ution upon them which disfranchised iii foreigners." NO ANNEXATION PKOBABLE. A lengthy inteiview was held Saturday >etweeu Secretary of Stite Foster and Jr. Mott Sjmith, Hawaiian in i m's'er, nt Washington. At its flos? Secretary j ^osti r went over to the whit'1 hou?e and j tad a conference ?.\rh President Harri DU. While, of course, no statement ot j >olicy to be pursued by the United | states will be mude, at least w til .?i:rr j bc arriva! of the commissioners Uom j ia wa ii, who are to present the rt q u sf for j innexation to the United St ,t.--. r? crtv j tc siid that the visit of 'he flaw liirns will hardly be successful, if the j purport thereof has been correctly .-tated, j \side from an innovation upon the poli, j :y of the government since ii s organizi ? ion, which annexation would be. tho in ! erests of other countri s in the Sand j vich islands are too Inrge to permit, on ' :he part of the gov< rment, of tho** na j . <>p.<? ni! acquiesence in sui h annexations ; t would ltiV'jlve cons agenc?5! tba* the I [gaited S ates would not c-ire, and whi; :i ' ts loi.? settled pobcj forbids it, tous j um c. XJT?l> STATES' WAK Vf.SSELS KV RO' ? (? . TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. \ San FrspC'srn cprrvJ a?\"s: H-c j Jnited States flagship. Mohican, with I \dmiral Skerritt aboard, left Mare j island navy yard at 7 o'clock Sunday ; norning. 8he arrived off San Francisco ; n the afternoon and proceeded direct to j ea on her way to Honolulu. The Ranger j s expected to leave the yard at any ! noment and the Adams will follow, j ?'or several months there bas not ? ;een so much bustle and activity at j he Mare Island navy yard as shown since 1 he fivws wai received announcing the j ?vetthrow of the monarchic government )i Hawaii. The various heads of de j >artments were ordered to report imme- j li :te!y at the commandant's office, and i ?rders were issued to them to have the j 1 ?gehip Mohican and the cruiser Ranger "ni-' -r-? 1-ari.i ini~? j II I in rr-riiTiiKifcfiihi ready to steam away from the yard at once, and the Adams will bc ready in forty-eight hours. TrtE NP:Wa i>r ENGLAND. j TIA ^oodo:i cablegram of Sunday savs: Tte Daily News says of the Hawaii r?v? olution; ?The oveithrow of the queen appears to be an American coup, Hawaii being the key to the whole group. The Americans, once they possess it, would have no difficulty in making themselves master of the other. Europe, however, has necessities ic the same quarter, Hon? olulu being the only coaling station on the mail route between San Francisco and Auckland.'' LAD) TO REST. foe Mortal Remains of James 5. Blaine CoisiM to toe Tomi) Amidst One of the Ittost impressive PobUe Demonstrations in His Honor. A "Washington special says: Mr. i Blaine could not have a private funeral. I Every effort was n ade to comply with j ??is own understood wishes, * and with ! the expressed desire of his family in J this regard, but the surging wave of pub ' fie interest swept over the barriers im? posed and made his private funeral one of the most impressive public demonstra? tions in honer of the dead. The most eminent men in the nation stood around hi3 bier. The presence of the prisident and cabinet^ the justices of the supreme coiirtj senators and representatives and diplomatic corps was not more signifi? cant than the homage of the waiting crowds which, in respectful silence^ lined the streets through which the fu? neral cortege passed. COVERED WITH FLOWERS. The parlor on the second floor where j the body lay in its cedar c?sket, closely sealed, fairly was embroidered with flo ai tributes. The casket rested on a huge bed of roses, violets, paime leaves and ferns, s<nt by Mrs. Emmocs B aine, ?bout nine feet long by Tour feet wide, flowers artistically giving the combina? tion C0I019 and designs of an oriental rug. Tbe parlor was far too email for the destinguished mourners who by invi? tation sought access to it. PRESIDENTS PARTY. The president entered, accompanied by Mrs. McKee, private Secretary Hal? ford and Lieutenant Parker. The vice president, acccrnpani?d by Mrs. and Miss Morton, mern hers of the cabinet and their families and many other distin? guished people followed The cere? monies at the bon-e were grand in their simplicity. ? few mioutes alter ll the mourners entered and the president and ali the dis? tinguished concourse rose to pay fitting honor and sympathy to the sorrow of the deceased statesman's relatives. 'I he fam- ; ily was followed by Kev. Dr. Hamlin, of I the Church of the Covenant, who stand- I ing beside the casket, in a iow tone de- I liverei the Presbyterian prayer for the j departed soul. He returned thauks to j God that by his power this life was ? ended only that a life of immortality ! might be begun. He beseeched the Ai- | mighty that comfort might come to every member of the stricken household, be- j cau-e one that had gone out of this life j had gone to immortality. Let the cooso- j lation that corm s from above fall tenderly j and sweetly upon them. Speak to them words of comfort suth as Thou alone can I teach. This wc ask ir. the name of our 1 Savior. Amen. THE MARCH TO TUE CHURCH. This completed the brief, impressive services, and the cisket was cloded and tenderly borne to the hearse? Solemnly j and in silence the family and mourning j guests left the house which has been so j frequently invaded by the angel of death, and the sad procession wended its way j slowly to the church. Outside the house j the street was thronged with spectators j who reverently doffed their hats as thf pall bearers deposited their sacred bur? den in the hearse, while the attendant' I temporariiy buried it under as many flow era as could be placed thereon. The cor? tege then started for the church. A long line of carriages, in which were the family and distinguished personages; followed the hearse io regularly assigned order. The Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, where Mr. Blaine was a pew holder, is a medc-rn ( di?ee. situated at the corner of Connecticut ??venus and N street, opposite the British legation and in the heart of the fashionable north? western section of the city. Anticipating the tremendous pressure for admission to the chureh, a squid of police was sent there early in the morn? ing to surround the building with a cor- | don of rope and ty exclude all not spec? ially invited. The decorations ai. the church were very rich and effective. The relatives ami pall bearers occupied the first eight rows of scats. Io the main aisle behind them were scated the presi? dent, vice president, cabinet officers, Speaker Crisp and members of the su? preme court with their families. Inter? mixed with them were Baron Fava, dean of the dipieimatic corps, Sir Julian Paunce :ote, British minister; the new Russian minister, Prince Concatu-ene; represent? atives of the French, German and Span? ish legations ami nearly ait the ministers from South and Central America as well j as many senators and representatives. In j addition to thos-.' persons at the house among the senators were Sherman, Saw ver. Carey, Vcorhees, Merrill,Washburn, "Peffer and Cockie!i. Five of the justices of the supreme conrt, headed by the venerable Justice Field, arrived early. The others were Justices Gray, Blatchford, Brown and Shiras. Chief Ju-tice Fuller joined them just before the services began. On the left ?-ide of the church were the dele? gations from the state of Massachusetts, from the Union League clubs of New York and Philadelphia, and from various points in Pennsylvania. Warner Miller, Theodore Rossev-.lt, Henry Cabot Lodge and Ex-Representative Dunneil, of Min? nesota, were with these delegations. EXERCISE?3 AT THE CHURCH. It wtis exactly at 12 oxlocfc when slow and solemn organ music announced tue nrr.val of the funeral paity at the door <>} the church. All present rose and remain? ed ?randing as the funeral p^rty moved down tho ?isle. Dr. Hamlin, the pastor, walked at the head of the mourn? ers, holding in his hat;d the open book j containing thc ritual of the Presbyterian worship, und rend as he advanced select? ions from the scripture? CONVEYED TO THE CT.METERV. When al! were scated thc deep peals of the organ, and Dr. Hnralim, rising from his place in the pulpit, began the church servies with the reading of selections from scripture. Their teading finished, praver was offered by Dr. Hamlin. At the close of the prayer the fuueral pro? cession once more formed and the body conveved to Oak Hill cemetery and there j la'c to rest. j t HE OBJECTED. The Governor of Oregon Does Not Be? lieve in "Booming" Cleveland. A special of VV'ednt =ciay from ?Saiem, Ore., says: Governor Pennoyer received a letter from bis adju?yu; g?nerai asking j permission to use two bruss cannon be- { longing to the st;?te for the purpose of j firing a salute on inauguration day. The j governor sent the following reply : "No permission will be granted to ute state j cannon in firing a salute over the iaausntratiou j of a Wall street- plutocrat UH the president of j the United State?.': mmsm m SOUTH \ H?tes o? Her Progress and frnjerity j Briefly Ep?tom?zea j And important Happenings front Day i td Mf ?ftrg^y Tt?Wi I A Knoxville, tenn., special says: ! Jackson Smith was on Thursday appoint ; ea permanent receiver of th* Morristown ? Cumberland Gap railroad on the pe j tition of a majority of the stockholders. A Dai?ss. Texas, special savsN-the jury , in the Case of Dr. R. H. Jone's Thur^ay, j brought in a verdict of guilty, giving . him a life sentence, tn October last at a j confederate reunion Dr. Jones killed W. ! ?. Veale; Bills passed the North Carolina legis j lature Tuesday chartering four railways ? -the Winston. Salem and Charleston^ ' the Burlington and Southwestern, the I Atlantic and Ohio, and the Virginia and i North Carolina. Seven deaconesses xvere ordained in j St. john's Episcopal church at Mobile, I Ala., Thursday morning by Bishop P. H. ! Wilmer in accordance with the neW I canon of the Protestant Episcopal church, j They take service in the church home for ! orphan boys and girls. { A Washington special says: In the j matter of the adjustment of the grant for j the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company j of Alabama, under the act of September j 29. 1890, Secretary Noble, on^ Wednes? day^ decided that the company is entitled to lands only for the constructed portion of the road between Girard and Troy, amounting to 302,233 acres. A Raleigh dispatch of Tuesday says : The agricultural department of North i Carolina is in receipt of reports from the j wheat section of the state, which show j that winter wheat and oats look uncom? monly well. Snow has protected them from the severe weather. The general outlook for all the crops is extremely fa? vorable and farmers are very hopeful. A Washington special of Thursday says : Robert S. Sharp, of the Chattanooga di? vision, has been appointed inspector in charge of the Chattanooga division, em j bracing the states of Florida, South Ca I rolioa, Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee. I The appointment is said to be a most : excellent one. Mr. Sharp is considered ! one of the most skilled and competent officers of the bureau of depredations. The house judiciary committee, Tues? day, ordered a favorable report on the senate resolution authorizmg payments from the appropriation of the act of Au? gust, 1S90. to apply a portion of the pro? ceeds of tne public lands io a more com i plete endowment 8nd support of the ag ! ncultufal and mechanical arts colleges to ! the state of Virginia. The legislature of Virginia, through a misunderstanding ! with the interior department, adjourned without givinrj the rcquir. d assent to the 1 act of J 890. In tire Alabama sena?e. Wednesday, Senator Inger, <^f St. Clair, startled the staid and sedate body by offering a joint resolution by which the proposition will be submitted to the people of amending article eight of the constitution by the addition of section eight to that article. This amendment proposes to give the general assembly the authority to extend the suffrage to all women in the state of Aiabaraa over the age of twenty-one years. lue right to vote is limited to muuicipal elections and to elections which arc held involving the right to make, sell or dispose of malt or spirituous liquors. A Raleigh, N. C., special says: There was a very important meeting. Thurs? day, of state ufficers, railway commis? sioners and legislative committees to pre? pare the most important bid which will come up at the present session of the leg? islature. It is to repeal acts which give partial exemption from taxation to the Cheraw and Salisbury, the North Caro lina and the Wilmington and Weldon railways. There will be a great fight over this bill, but it is certain to pass, as a decision has already been made that ali exemptions must be removed. The to? tal of property on which the state will get tax under thc term* of this bill is $2.020,000. A meeting of the board of directors of the Jeff Davis Monument association was held at Richmond. Va., Wednesday. The following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That it is the $ense of the board that the remains of President Da? vis be removed from New Orleans to Richmond and re-enterred in Hollywood on M ?y 30th, Hollywood memorial day, ?ind that the president of the association be authorized to appoint a committee of five, of which he shalt be chairman, to consult with Mrs. Davis and the New Orleans authorities, and to arrange all other detaiis necessary to make said re? moval and interment." The most disastrous fire that has vis? ited Huntsville, Ala., in forty years, oc? curred Thursday uight What was known as the Struve block was totally destroyed. The damage is estimated at $50,000. The block was occupied with the law of? fices of Laurence Cooper, Ben P. Hunt and W. E Brown, drug stores of J. B. Humphrey, jewelry store of E. Karthous, Western Union telegraph cftice. doctors' ofiices of W. E. tt'heeier. C. A. Robinson and W. II. Barrett. Uni.ed States com mi^sinner"* > trice. H. M. McCu'Iou^h. commissio i mt reliant, of James" H. Mar? tin. den?al offices of Dr*. .!. S. Hid, Au d-rson, Pokings Bros., mid the saloon of W p. Strove. ! h?1 amount of insurant ? ;< no: \ <?{ ? nowt?. HEADING THEM OFF. Au Uncle of Hawaii's Queen Reaches Washington Ahead of Commission. A Chicago special of Thursday says: John M. Cleghorn, irom San Francisco, an uncle of Priucess Kaiuliani. the heir apparent to the Hiwaiian throne, stole a march on the Hiwaiian commissioners, who are on their way to Washington to present the claim* of the provisional gov? ernment. As soon as the ne^s of the revolt be? came known, Cleghorn packed his grip and took tbe firsf tr dn for Washington with thc result that he arrived in Chicago forty-eiefht hours ahead of the commissioners, and will reach the Cipiroi that much in advance of them. His purpose is to present th*5 claims of his niece to the United States govern? ment before the commission appointed by thf provisional i?nvernment arrives at the national capitol. He is a brother of A. S. Cleghorn, whose deceased wife was the sister of the deposed queen Liliuokalani, and whose daughter, the heir apparent, is at a fash ion&bl* school in England. He wiil lay before President Harrison the claims of his neice. Princess Kaiulani. and wiil plead for the establishment of a protectorate with the princess f>s queen. AWAITING ORDERS. X Wpr Vessels, with Steam Up. Ready to Sail for Hawaii. A SMU francisco !. pedal Says: A o i - - patch from Mare ?s and Tuesday a :cr :.? on s-ys the Ranger and Adams .tr r, w lying i" the strtam. >tt*:va ii:), both ha vi i g their co?n?>ietntnts , . me;;. store? ard ammunition : :?.>;;: d find I ? * - * ? V 'o proce* d <<> $.'?, .-?iv ;.w ' in . -?rd er? from Washington. T ?. y-?.:.?<, rrev arrived during t morn - . .> ?nd <. be ready lo ?jo ::u<i conlmis i ?.: i-i ?v?? d*v?. M-n >ire swanning * ?rs !.?! I: bei to completion. Tilt* cid n\ nitor 'Am nche will b- i<;d; t r usi h?> i\" ??I ..' ? < k. A full force of UH?* iTorkinir on her TRADE REVIEW. Iras and Bradstreet's Report for tnt Past Week. R. G. Duo & Co's, weekly review of trade says there has been some increase in the distribution of products during the past week, and the demand for man? ufactured goods is distinctly larger so that business has perceptibly improved at many points. Yet the outgo of gold, expected to exceed $3,000,000, reduces treasury resources, causes increased ner? vousness about the future, and renders men more reluctant to engage in new un? dertakings. Meney is everywhere comparatively easy and cheap, nevertheless there is more sense of uncertainty about the fut* ure than appeared a month ago. Honey is in good demand^but currency return? ing from the country and southern cities generally report improvement, especially at Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, with good prospects and col - Sections. A^t Little Rc?k, trade is quiet an^? collection glow? but; in Atlanta bus? iness increase* ??d .collections are very fair. At New Orv^ trade ia quiet and money in fair denned with an ^ple supply; but cotton ia dall with Ught receipts. Sugar is still r^ong; iron and steel breaking prices, tho\^Q the de. mand and sales are large. Bonier pig at Pittebnrg has fallen to $U.25 ?j| other markets for- pig are inflar though sales are large. Business ished products is very heavy, but fo* many kinds pricesare lower than ever j known. The contracts for cruisers, j given to the Pittsburg works, and for J elevated works he, given to a Pennsylva ! nia mill are mentioned as remarkably low, although structural iron works have J far more business than usual. J Business failures during the week norn j ber for the United States, 255; Canada, 40; total 295 against 832 last week. WEAT BRADSTREET SATS. Bradstreet says: The features of bus j iness the past week has been a gradual return of movements of general mer I chandise and produce to their accustomed j channels. Boats are once more running freely on some southern streams except river traffic between New Orleans and the north, and at some Atlantic tide? water points. Produce and other per? ishable goods are again moving freely, with a los? of some of the advance in j prices referred to last week. Eastern jobbers and dry goods mills report the beginning of what appears to be a most active January's demand for cotton and woolen staple goods for years past. Cot 1 tons are strong, and print cloths ! are firmer with the surplus cut down j to 1,000 pieces against 248,000a year ago. I Printers are unable to furnish jobbers as fast as goods are demanded, and Janu? ary's sales promise to largely exceed those for 1892. The usual influences have been at work on cotton prices. The English strike, prospects for and against the anti-option bill and reduced or in I creased movements from plantations to ports, the net result for the week show? ing a decline cf one-tenth of a cent j Considerable improvement is noted j throughout the south, where the effects I of the cold snap a week or two ago were severe. Baltimore announces a larger volume of orders than for the same peri? od in 1892, and reports that country merchants very generally count on a good spring trade. The recent ice blockade having been raised at Richmond, orders for goods are active with the exception of shoes; as the demand for tobacco, while travelers for that city report that the bad weather prevents their reaching interior points as they had expected. At Charleston prices for rosin and turpentine are low, but the intended curtailing of the output of the season is expected to improve prices and ' profits. Business has revived at Mem? phis, where navigation is under way again, while at Atlanta satisfactory or? ders are being . received for all staple goods. At New Orleans the distributive trade has been checked as well as export? of wheat, by ice in the river. At Galveston and other Texas cities country merchants are buying freely to supply their wants for the spring trade. Mercantile collections throughout the south very generally are slow, as is to be expected. STEEL PRODUCTION. Bulletin of American Iron and Steel Association. A Philadelphia dispatch of Thursday says: The bulletin of the American Iron and Steel association presents complete statistics of the production of Bessemer steel ingots and of the Bessemer steel rails of al! weights and sections in the United States in 1892, except cjmpara tively the small quantity of rai's made by other manufacturers from purchased blooms. In the statistics ingots sre included in the production of a few ciapp-Griffiths & Robert-Bessemer plants, and also the production of steel castings. Total production of Bessemer steel in? gots tor 1892 is 4.160,982 gross tons; for 1891, 3,247,41* gross ton?. The to? tal production cf Bessemer steel ingots in 1880, the jtzr of the largest produc? tion prior to 1892. was 3.688,871 gross tons, which was 472,101 rons less than in 1892. The total product of Bessemer steel rails in 1892. with the exception above noted, was 1,408,847 gross tons, an increase of 219.330 gross tons over production in 1891. _ BLAINE'S WILL. He Leaves AH His Earthly Possessions to His Wife. A Washington dispatch of Monday says: The will of Mr. Blaine will be probated in Augusta, Mc., which was his l?sai residence. The disposition he makes of his properly is characteristic of the confidence he always reposed in bis wife and which was such a noticeable feature of the family relation. Everything is left unreservedly to Mrs. Blaine. She is to be s?de executrix of the instrument and is not to be required to give any bond. Mr. Blaine's estate, according to the estimate of a gentleman whose rela? tion* with him enable bim to speak with correctness, will amount to about $800,000. it is composed of improved real estate in Washington and Maine, and of coal and timber lands io West Virginia and other , states, and small holdings of personal j property. The will was executed several we?rks s nee, at about the time Mr. Blaine vr^fiirM with his first serious heart failure, which announced the rapid ap? proach of the er.d. NO T?NN?S^?"D?SPLAY Will be Made at Chicago. Her Legis lature Refuses to Appropriate. A Nashville, Tenn., special of Thurs? day, says: Tennessee will not be offici? ally represented at the world's fair. The house has so decided, and the house is supreme. For two days the bill appro? priating $50,000 for an exhibit at the world's Columbian exposition has been under debate. The members of present general assembly were elected on a re? form platform, and according to the ar? gument advanced, the time was too short to allow a creditable display, and -it would be inappropriate to cut down the fees of the state officials and save a few thousand dollars to the taxpayers, and then at one whack relieve the state treas? ury of $50,000 to be expended in adver? tising the state. When the bill was finally put upon its third and final read? ing it was rejected by a vote of yeas 85, nays 58. _ Fruitless Balloting. A Washington special o: Tuesday says: The senatorial situation remains unchanged in Wyoming, Washington Nebraska and Mootana. TMBIPHIC GLEANINGS. The Fews of tte lorli CoEtee? Mo Pitty am? Pointe! Paragrapas. Interesting sod Instructive to AH Classes of Beaders? A London cablegram says: Parlia* ment reassembled Tuesday. Tie Anchor Foundry and Mach?n? Company at Pittsburg, Pa., owned by "Wharton* McKnight, failed Wednesday. Liabilities amount to $124,000; assets about $100,000. Early Wednesday morning fire at Lit? tle Falls, N. Y., destroyed several build? ing, including the Hotel Rockton, Grand Centrai hotel and the Metropolitan block. Total loss estimated at $200,000. No lives lost A Berlin cable d*3pitch 3ays: An ex? plosion of fire damp occurred in General Voa Blumenthal's coal pit at Becking? hausen Westphalia, Wednesday. Eight teen miners were killed instantly and sev? enteen were injured. Fire broke out Wednesday night in the third story of tfie commission house of B. G. Pollard, and the Farmers1 Alliance exchange, on ?Roanoke dock, Norfolk, Va, The building was stored with peanu?i and other inflammable stuff, and the fire? men had hard work trying to get the fire >mder control. First National bank of Little Rock, Ark., closed its doors Thursday. Its liabf?tfe8 are understood to be over half a milkra dollars. The cause that lead to the SUS^U^QQ was the issuance of fraudulent pa^r by former officers of the bank to the am^nt of several hun? dred thousand dollars. A London cablegram ol Tuesday says: It is learned on excellent authority that the British government has not instruct? ed Sir Julian Pauncefote to protest against American interference in Hawaii, as the British government does not ex? pect the United States to take any step to which Great Britain would be likelj to object. A London cablegram says : The popu? lar reception of James Egan, liberal Irian dynamitet, in Limerick Wednesday even? ing, was the most remarkable demonstra? tion yet made in his honor. The whola city waa ablaze with bonfires, torchlight processions paraded with bands and ban? ners, and almost every house was illumi? nated. The mayor of Limerick presided over the meeting with which the demon? stration closed. Natural gas exploded in thc house oc? cupied by Ulysses S. Branson at Ander? son, Ind., Tuesday night. The house was completely wrecked, and fiva per? sons seriously injured. Mrs. Bronson was blown through the door and bruised as well as burned. She will die. Sarah Branson, aged ll, Mary Branson, 7, Dol? lie Branson, 3, blown out of their beds and badly burned about the free and legs. Leaking service of the pipe caused the disaster. A special from Braddock, Pa., says: Wednesday morning the new scale waa promulgated at the Edgar Thompson sieel works, of Carnegie's company, by which the wages of all employes in tb? converting and blooming departments have been reduced. About 500 men were affected. A conference will be held between the representatives of the men and the company and an effort will be made to avert, if possible, the proposed reduction. A London cablegram of Wednesday says : A dispatch fiom Malta announces that the British warships Dreaddaught and Camperdown, the former attached to the Mediterranean squadron, and the latter the flagship of Vice Admiral Sey? mour, have sailed from Malta fer Zante to aid the survivors of the terrible earth? quake there. The vessels carry a large number of tents and a supply of bedding, which will be placed at the disposal of the authorities for the use of the suffer? ers. A rear end collision and explosion of two car loads of powder occurred on thc Lake Shore railway three quarters of s mile east of Strycker, O., Thursday af? ternoon. Westbound local freight No. f ran into the rear end of extra freight Na 588, which had parted from the mai: part of the train, explodedicg two caf loads of powder and blowing the ca* boose and three cars to atoms and badi3 damaging the engine. The engineer and firemen saved themselves by jumping. There was no one in the caboose and nt loss of lives resulted. TENNESSEE LEGISLATORS Investigating the "Snaps" Which th? State Officers Have Been Enjoying. A Nashville, Tenn., sp:ciii says: The justice of the demand for a reduction in the fees of certain state officials was shown Tuesday when the joint commit? tee that had investigated the subject pre? sented its report in each house of the legislature. This report showed that the state treasurer during the past two years received $31,822, out of which he had paid $5,200 expenses, leaving him $26, 662, or $13,311 per annum. The secre? tly of state in 1891 received $5,146; in 1792 $5.769. 'ihe comptroller received in 1891 $6.872; in 1S92 ?6,299. During these terms these officials received 2,600 fees as commisioners for refunding the direct tax, which will not acrue to any ojber officia! hereafter. ? COMMERCIAL WAR Between the Panama and the Pacifie Mail Steamship Companies. A New York dispatch of Tuesday says: The policy of the Panama Railroad com? pany in putting on a line of steamships in opposition to the Pacific Mail Steam? ship company has impelled the last nam? ed company to reduce its passenger rate to Colon from $90 to $20 and its freight rate from $9 to #2 per ton. The signifi? cance of this action wiil be grasped when it is considered ic is eight days' journey to the isthmus. This commercial war gains additional significance from the al? leged fact that management of the Pana? ma Raiircid company advertised abroad for foreign steamers tc csrry freight from New York to the isthuns. TO PREVENT RUI40RS i Is the Purport of a Bli! Before the French Chamber of Deputies. ? A Paris telegram says. At a meeting cf ihe cabinet Tuesday M. B'-nr-eois, minister <?f justice, submitted a bill which wss prep red foi the punishment of persons e rcu'at-.r.g unfounded rumors re j garding tue safety of nn-.ncia? institu \ tiens, thereby c?using peop!<r- to with? draw tht ir money from savings banks. T?iC bill is highly approved by the mem? bers of the cabinet, ?nd w ill be brought before the chamber o? deputies ??? once, the govomm'n. den. v d ? r. cr urg? ncr fer its consideration. BURNED AT THE STAKE, Terrible Retribution Meted Ont to a Murderer at Paris, Texas. A special from Paris, Texas, says: The most terrible crime in the history of Tex a? received the most terrible expiation here Wednesday. Henry Smith, the negro who brutally outraged and mur? dered Myrtle, the four-> ear-old daughter of Henry Vance, a well known white man of Paris was taken in hand by a mob of furious citizens, and, with thc father and the broths of the dead cLild at their head, they burned bim alive.