Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bf ?MONAL HALLS. Daily Mm A Boil Houses M tis ; Fi?ty-Secci Q?igress. ?easares Discussed ant Bills Passed By Ow Xatienal Law-Makers ?D the senate, Tuesday, Mr. Sherman reported back from too '.ommittee on fi? nance the amendment suggested by him? self some dav8 ago, in reference to the issue ol the United States ?per tient bonds. The committee decided' il to be affixed to the snadry civil appropriation bHk Hie sundry tivil appropriation bill "Wfcs taken up. Kearly half of the bill had been read through when 2 o'clock arrived ?id.then. Mr. Allison said he would let the bill go over until Wednesday, to that the senate might proceed with the Nica? ragua canal bill. This bill was then taken np and a statement was made by Mn Sherman in explanation, he said, of ??me points which seemed to puzzle the senators. His statement was to the 15. ct that under the bill contracts now sub? sisting between the Maritime Canal com? pany and the construction company were abrogated; that the government of the United States would start in the work with a ''clean table;" that it would own eighty millions of the $100.000,000 of stock, and would have ten directors, the Maritime company becoming a mere agent of the government. The bill was again laid aside and consideration of the saadry civil appropriation bill was re? sumed. All but twelve pages of the bill were disposed of. Amendments recom? mended by the committee on appropria? tions were agreed to, except some that were reserved, and these included the world's ?a?r items and river and harbor improvements. At 1:40 o'clock the sen? ate adjourned. The conference r. port on the army ap propriation bill was presented by the senate, Wednesday, read and then laid over, until Thursday. Consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was proceeded with. The reading of the bill having been finished, reserved amend menta were taken up, the first being the aeries in reference to the world's Colum? bian exposition. Mr. Quay offered his amendment making all appropriations for the-exposition conditional on Sunday closing? .Mr. Allison hoped that Mr. Quay would not press that amendment It was'onry a reproduction of part of the legislation of last year, every provision of which had been complied with. With that assurance? Mr. Quay withdrew bis 'amendment, and then all the com? mittee amendments as to the world's fair were agreed to. The next series of reserved amendments were those for the improvements of the rivers and hirbora. At 2-o'ctock p. m. unfinished business, the Nicaragua canal bill was laid before the senate; but at the request of Mr. Gorman it iras laid aside temporarily i ?nd the consideration of the sucdry civil i expropriation bill proceeded with. ! While the discussion was progressing ; one of the secretaries of the president of the United States appeared as the bearer of m message. As soon as it reached the.-; vice president, Mr. Sherman, < knowing that it related to i Hawaii, moved to proceed to ex- j * curive business. The motion was agreed i to, the galleries were cleared, the doors closed, and the senate was left to discuss the Hawaiian question in secret. The doors were reopened at 4:45 o'clock and then the business of the senate was sus? pended in order that a fitting tribute might be made to the memory of the late Representative McDonald,of New Jersey, wheedled on the 5th of November last. The usual resolutions of regret were of? fered by Mr. McPherson and agreed to, and the senate at 5 o'clock p. m., ad? journed. The senate again took up tbe sundry civil appropriation bill Thursday, the pending question relating to the Phila? delphia harbor improvements. The amend? ment reducing the Philadelphia harbor item from half a million to $300,000 was defeated. The amendment reducing in like proportion the Hudson river, New York, item was also rejected. The sen? ate incidental to the sundry civil bill discussed in open session the Hawaiian treaty. Mr. Vest vigorously attacked the proposed annexation. The discussion re? verting to the sundry civil bill, the committee's amendment to reduce the item for improving the Mississippi river from $758,000 to $658,000, from the mouth of the Ohio to the mouth of the Missouri, and from $866,600 to $736,000, from the mouth of the Missouri to Minne? apolis, was rejected. The following amendments proposing reductions of appropriation were disagreed to without disvision: For Charleston harbor, South Carolina, from $750,000 t? $650,000; for Savannah, Georgia, from $1,090,000 to $750.000; for Mobile, Alabama, from $500,000 to $450,000; for the Mississippi river from the head of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio river, from $2,665,000 to $2,000, 000;" for the Missouri river, from $750, 000 to $650,000. The amendment pro? viding that not more than three-fourths of the appropriations for internal im? provements shall be expended during the next fiscal year, excepting as to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and Hay lake channel, was agreed to, this being the last of the amendments in relation to these works. The next amendment was one striking out the provision that no money snail be used for warrants or arrests cr prosecution under the internal revenue Jaws,- works, or laws relating to the elec? tion of members of congress. This brought on a lively political debate. No ? ctioh was taken on the amendment. Mr. Faulkner gave notice that in conse? quence of the very serious illness of the Ute S. nator Kenna's ch idren, the mern or ial services for Mr. Kenna were post? poned from Saturday till Monday 27th of February at 3 p. m. o'clock. The sen? ate 6:10 o'clock adjourned. THE HOUSE. Tuesday morning Mr. Mutchler moved that the house go into a committee of tie whole for consideration ot the inva? lid p-ns:on appropriation bill. The re I ub'ic ?ns beg?n to filibuster over the hm fcttino of debate. Again the demo? crats were obliged .<> vi ld t*? the repub? lican d maod that six hours' debate be accDroed to the minority, and it was 1 agreed that the general debate close ! 'Wednesday at 3 o'clock. Mr. Hatch in- ? cider.tilly eave notice that if the appro < pri?t ion bill was not d sposed of in a ! reasonable tim? he would a*k for consideration of the anti-option bill, j The house then resumed consideration of j , the pension bill. ! ! In the house, "Wednesday.on motion of j l 3?r. Wheeler, the bi!l tuthorizing the ? : construction of a bridge across the Ten- I , nessee river at Sheffi .-ld, Ala., was pass- , cd. . Mr. O'Ferrall called up, nod the honse adopted without debute, the reso- j ution relating to the contes*ed e'ecti^n , case of Reynolds vs. ??honk, from the twelfth district of Pennsylvania. The } resolution confirms the title of Shonk, rc- , publican contest?e, t ? his feat. The j ? house then resumed, in cmaitt.e, the j ? consideration of the pent-ion appropria- ! tion bilL After debate general discus j sion was closed and the bill was jeal for j 1 amendments. !No action was taken on ? any of the committee amendments, ar i at 5 o'clock the bou;e bdjourned. The house of represen La: j v^s resolved i itself into a prize ring Thursday. The! contestants for hon? TH in thc rfcg wt re Kej rusenta'ive* Turpin, of Alabama, and j Wuu?h, o' Indiana, 'lhe fight was the result of a discussion over the pension I appropriation bill. Mr. Turpin arose to zak Sir. Morse a question. He wanted to kno w if it was not true that there was a clerk in the pension office drawing a pen? sion of $30 a month,for total deafness who ceived a salary of ?1,800 a year for ans? wering inquiries over the the telephone. Of course this created general laughter* when Mr. Waugh, of Indiana, jumped to his feet and debared that the statement was untrue and that there was no such clerk in the pension office. But the words were hardly uttered before Mr. j Turpin bounded across the open space IQ j frott of the speaker's desk, and grabbed the Indianian by the throat with his left j hand sn-i proceeded to pound him in the (ace with right. Mr. Waugh fought j t>ack, and the pummeling bec J me lively. | Members fnm all parts of the house lushed down the aisles to join in to stop the fi?l t. The republicans took the side j of Mr. Waugh while the demr crats were ready to assist Mr. Turpin, though all were anxious to stop the fight. Speaker Crisp happened to be on the floor near the desk when the fight occurred, and, although the house was in committee of ?he whole, the speaker rushed to the desk and assumed charge, rappiDg for order and ordering the sergeant-at-arms to quiet the disturbance and arrest the disturbers if necessary. In a few mo? ments order was restored. Mn Waugh was ca'ri? d out one door and Mr. T?rpin from another. The house then immedi? ately adjourned. CAPITAL GOSSIP. A Washington special of Monday says : Criticism is diminishing and indorsement * is increasing in regard to the Q res h am appointment. The Miller TS Elliott contest for the "shoe string" or black district of South Carolina was to have come up for deci? sion Thursday in the bous? committee on elections, but a quorum did not appear. Four republicans and two democrats w?fe pre?ent. The senate> Thursday^ refused to con? cur in the report of the committee on the sundry civil bill cutting down the appropriation for Savannah harbor. The million dollar appropriation made by the house was reinserted in the bill, and it will go through the senate in this way, though there is an amendment pro? viding that not more ?han three-fourths of the appropriation shall be expended during the next fiscal year. To Prevent Clash of Authority. The unusual number of railroad prop? erties ia the sou*h tn the hands of receiv? er bas nude alditiooal legislation nec? essary as respects service in suits against these companies, and, on Tuesday the -??ouse judiciary committee ordered a favorable report on the bill introduced by Mr. Turner, of Georgia, to cure de? fects io the judiciary act of August 13, 1883. By this act suits were authorized to be brought in certain cases in state courts against receiver* appointed by United States courts. By the procedure of most state?, service may be made on railroad companies through their Ioctl igent in place of a sui-". It is now nec? essary, however, where roads are in the hands of United States court receivers, to ?erve process in suits on receiver. The Canal Bill. The N caragua canal bill discussed in the senate Monday provides that 3 per cent bonds of the company, to an amount ?ot exceeding $100,000,000, shall be guaranteed "principal and interest," by the government ot the United States, these bonds to be issued according as money is actually paid out and expended by the company in the construction of the canal. The government is then to own the capital stock of the company with the exception of twelve millions of it, which is to be retained by the company, and except shares to be delivered to the governments of Nicajaugua and Costa Rica. The importance of this guarantee by the government was demonstrated in aspech by Mr. Frye, of Maine, who andertooR to snow tnat tne worx would with a guarantee, be fully completed at a cost of $100,000,000 and that its fixed charges would be only $5,000,000 a year, outside of the sinking fund, whereas, without a guarantee, the cost would not be less than $200,000,000, and its fixed - charges $14,000,000, Cotton Tax Bill Reported Favorably. The Oates cotton tax bill secured a favorable report from a maj >rity of the bouse committee on judiciary, Tuesday. Thc bill provides that the tax collected by the United States during war times on raw cotton shall be refunded in the event that the United States supreme court holds the laws under -which the tax was collected to have been unconsti? tutional. The bill authorizes any person who paid cotton tax duty to bring suit in the court of claims against the United States for recovery of money, right of appeal to the United States supreme court being given to each side to suit. One test case is to be made, and no other case tried unless the supreme court decides the taxing act to have been unconstitutional. If the act should be declared invalid, the court of claims will try every cotton tax suit commenced within one year after the decision of tue United States supreme court. Mr. Bynum will put in a minority re- i Dort, and will probably be joined bj | other members of the committee. Th? ? refunding of the cotton tax would cost i the government some millions of dollars, j and this fact alone, doubtless, will be { sufficient to prevent the bill passing con gress at this session. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. _ The Industrial Development Daring ! the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the South for the week past is very gratifying, not i on;y in the number of new industries projected, ! bui also iu their diversified charact? r. and the ' r-mount of capital intf-rested. The wood-work- j ing, t x il<- and flour ?nd jurist mill interests ! imvo rewired partcnlar attention. Cotton mills a-e to be erected at Concord, N. C., Dan- i ville, Va., and Union. S. C., the ono at Dan- ! vii e to have l.%000 spindle*, and the company j at Union hftvins; $100,000 capital. A cotton ; ?in will be ?tablis!)cd at Pins, Ga. Flooring j mills are to be erected at Danville, Ya., High ? Point, N- C. and Obion. Tenn., and grist milla j at Cave Springs, Va., Manchester, Ya., and ! Steel's Tavern, Va.. Among the wood- ! xtorking p;ants rt-porte?! ar? paw and \ planing mills at Brinson. Ga., Bristol. Tenn., Norcrosi, Ga., Rural Hall, N. C.. and Sum- ! ?nerfield, M. C., a barril factory at Lyons, Ga., J furniture factories at Winston, N. C., High I Point, N. C., and Pari*, Texas. Hoop factory ! at Dyer*burg, Tenn., shingle mill at Plaque- | mine. La., variety wo ks at Cordele, Ga., DOX j factory at High Point, C, cooperage works t it Little Rock, Ark., and lumber companies at | Charleston. W. Va., Leggett, Texan, and At- j anta, Ga., the latter with $l,fnu000 capital. k not?bk- industry of th? week is a shoe factory it Loui-vi le, Ky.." with $7"\000 capital. Fifty leven new industries ?re reported for t'.ie week, together with ten enlargements, and seventeen important new buildings. Among the new in? dustries for the week not alnady referred to ire a canning factory at Water Valley, Miss., bectric Jix'it r iants at Suffolk, Va., and Union 3princ:!?. Ala., ga* anil tue! '-ompany at Mem? phis, Tenn-, ?raj>hit?-- works at Carterville, Ga., j ED ac) ii ne K hop at Bedford City, Va., laundry I jompsnies &t Mon i c e. La., an l Savannah, Ga., the latter with $20,000 capital. Mining and | rpiarying comp?nie? have been formed at Birmingham. Ala,, and Riverside, W. Va., oil mi ils will be established at Waco, Texas, and Caldwell, Texa?, the Caldwell company havlDg S2D.000 capital. Waterworks are t<> be evered a' New B?rne, C.. Oxford, Ala., and Union Springs, Ala. rhe enlargements inchide brewery at Dallas, rexas, mach .ne shop af Bedford City. Va., spring b< d factory :;t Suffolk, Va., cotton mills at Columbus. Ga., ami Concord, N. C., wire ivork-i at Wheel-ng, W. Va., planing mill at Ei.zabccii City, N. C., saw mill at Gurley, Ala., i ku i ice fae or/ a: Dalton. Ga Among the new buildings of ?Le w;ek are j busine s 1 oases a* Fayetteville, Arl:., Houston, j Tex.. Huntsville, Ala", Lum^kiu, Ga., Home, j (Ja.. Selma, Ala.. Waver ss. ila., sud Lexmg- j ton. Ky. < ?oileg ?!...! school buildings witl be j erected a; Lfxh-g cu. Ky, and Li tie Rock, j Ark,, a b* 1 at JH< k-uevi lo. Fla., ii dub build- j mg at Allant*. G *~.. and court hou>e at Lump kiu. Ga. F-Rp r; s:?; kees .?.'e t ? be tr c?ed at Lex tiviot . Ky.. Li.; ic Rock. Ai k.,sn?l Monte? zuma, Ga.-Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Temi.) THE MILITIA CALLED OUT. Warm tte Kansas Legislature Between Reputo aili PopM Th? Doors or the State House Sattered ?)0TTh tfitn Sledge Hammers. ? Topeka, Karisa?, special saya ; ? bloodless but exciting battle took place between the republicans and the popu? lists1 house at the entrance to the repre? sentative hall Wednesday morning. The populists, who have bad possession of the hall in the afternoons, adjourned Tuesday until Wednesday afternoon, and, as been the custom since the begin? ning of the session, the republicans ex? pected to hold their regular morning session as usual, but the populists swore in a large number of assistant sergeants-at artti9, Who Were plated on guard ?nd the doors and ?ntrar-Ces to the hall were locked. No one was admitted to the hall ex? cepting the populists ?nd members bf the press and the^ were requited to show a pass and run the gauntlet Of a d' zen gtiards. The republicans Were fully in? formed of all these preparations to ex? clude them from the hall, and a hundred men were sworn in as officers of the re? publicans, and at 9 o'clock thc members of the republican homej with their c ul? cers, started from their headquaiters fer the statehouse* MET "WITH WINCHESTERS. The march through thc long corridors leading to the repr?sentative ball was unimpeded. The little column forced its way through the line of guards sta? tioned at the foot of the stairs in the west wing and started Upstairs. On the first landing was a crowd of populist house rmcers Under command of Adju? tant General Ar'z. They were armed, and the advancing republican crowd were met with muzzles of revolvers and Winchesters. The adjutant general commanded them to halt, but no stop was made and the advance guard pushed into the crowd of populists. Three or four of them suc? ceeded in passing tne doorkeeper after a brief struggle, and getting into the hall, but the populists sncceded in closiog the door and barring it. THE SPEAKER USL8 A SLEDGE HAMMER. The republ:cant on the outside de? manded admittance, and when it was de? nied them Speaker Douglass swung a large sledge hammer and began to batter the heavy doors leading from the cloak room, lt took many blo*s to beata passage Way through, but the doors fin? ally gave way, and the republican legis? lators surged in with a loud shout. The populists promptly retreated, and the republicans WERE I?? COMPLETE CONTROL. Ever since the opening of the session the populi ts have had the committee rooms, the fergeaot at-arms r< cm and the chief clerk's room. These were all lecked and guarded on the inside, but after the house had been called to order the republicans battered down the doors and took possession of them without encountering any resist? ance. At 10 o'clock there were a few populists in the representative hall and the republican house bsd settled r'own to the regular order of business, as if noth? ing unusual had happened. Assistant sergeants-at-arm?, each wearing a bright red ribbon, promenaded the aisles and lobbies. BOTH SIDES SWEARING IN 0FFICER8. The republicans and populists are beth swearing in officers es fast as pcssible to be in readiness for an emergency. RECRTJIT8 FOR TOE REPUBLICANS. At 12:40 o'clock the n publicans added thirty or forty recruits to their force, ??s >istant sergeant-at-arms cadets, of Wash? burn college, appearing in the hall and taking the oath before th ; sergeant-at arms. The popu isls' janitor undeiiook to freeze out the republicans at.d shut off the stesm from the hal!. The following order was delivered by Adjutant-General Artz to Col. J. W. F. Hughe*: Yon are hereby ordered io a?*s;ime command of ail officers and men of the Kansas National Guard* ; ssembled in Topeka and around the 8tatehouje. By order of L. D. LE* ELiJXG, Commander in Chief. The republican1} during the afternoon appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Shermar, Warner and Cubbison to visit Governor Lewellirg and agree upon, if p'ssible, a ^pension of hostili? ties. They proposed that both h< u?e> agree to adjourn until a case could be made in tue supreme court and fi nal 'y adjudicated. MORE TROOl'S CALLED. Governor Leweliing issued a proclama? tion fct 2:30 o'clock Wednesday after? noon stat ng that as th" m-diti.i now in Topeka WAS not Miflicu nt five ptovtsion al companie* would b: organized, com? posed of volunteers. Only three com? panies, however, has been organized, and *hey are of thirty men e*cb. D M. Sc-)tt, republican member from Hodgeman county, who happened to be in Ottawa telesrapbed that he would be in Topeka with 300 armed men cn the first train. D. S. Anthony telegraphed th t 1,000 men would come from L'avenwor'h. Co? lumbus telegraphed that 400 men would rome from there at the command of speaker Douglass. Sheriff Wilki; son informed the g<?v ernor at midnight Wednesdav nisht that he was a peace cfHcer, ?nd demanded th?t the lat er turn over :o him the situ? ation. Colonel Huglics, in command of '.he s'ate militia, went into the republic? an hall soon afterwards and t';!i the re? publics members that if the governor jff-k d him to ej :ct them he would resign his .position. ENDORSING Til E REPUBLICANS. A t ri mei dons meeting of citizens wns Le din L-a ven worth to < t:dor>e the ne tion -of t he Douglass bouse at Topeka. Mayor Hocker presided and Hons. E D Carroll, Joh i Hannon, E. N. Morrell, D. II. Anthony and Willi MU Hook made !-peech?*s strougty endorsing the actiou of 'he constitutional house in taking pos? session of and holding represeutativ hall. Strong resolutions were unani roous'y adopted endorsing the Douglas' h? u?e and urging them to stand firm ?nd ' IT v I i r % Suppo?t. LATER NEWS. A Topeka, Kas., dispatch of Thursday 8*ys: The republican hou^e is still be? sieged in the represen Ut i ve hall, and a force of the state mili ia is still posted ab ?ut the capitol. Colonel Hughes has again declined to obey th*-; gov? ernor's order to eject the republicans, and the only resource the governor has besides the reguUr militia is three com pani's of provisional troop?, composed of populists who, of cours?, sympath'zo with the populist object. Tne governor will make no statement as to his plans, but it is bel ieved they in ciudejLn order to the? provisional troops to ejecfthe republicans. Should" tK?t attempt be made it will be met with armed res's'anceon the part, of the re? publicans. A PEACE OFFERING. At 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon! the governor sent an application for I peace to th.'; republican house. It reads: j The go.'o nor offers, in thc- interest of peace j KvA Lainjor.-y, tha? bs viii withdraw thc atat? j mili'ary sn.-i not allow tli9 republican bouse or rs employ?s to be ? n tei fared wi th by the nop j ulises, pfcvide.i tu?t a?l further proceed >gf ; wtiiYi) liHve J>ei:--i com m enc <1 by the republ *?ie j arising f om the titr?t of lieu C. Bich, ba j dropp; d and the popnnst members aod em-j ?ove-- to >t he fiirturb .?> by the arrest of ofli- ; ec sur o her .vise, ari.l ?he siiC'itt of Shawnee j comttv di^cuHrgo his deputies and does not in- j terferinor tu tfi i?t?lto w?& of th? I populists and state officers, including the mil? itia, and this agreement to continua in force nntil the close of the present session cf the leg? islature. The republicans will not accept this peace offering. Another dispatch says: Colonel j*. F. Hughey commanding the Kansas Na? tional Gu*rd, has for the third and last time notified Governor Lewelling that he will not take charge of the militia. It is thought probable that the governor will appoint another commander. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH Notes o? Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. The Kotth Carolina boUs3 of represen? tatives Tuesday ? after prolonged debate, defeated the bill to repeal the homestead law. The vote against it Was over? whelming: The Savannah) Ga., ?vehing Press, in an editorial Thursday afternoon, say: "There is one feature of the selection of Hoke Smith for a cabinet position which is grateful, it is the compliment paid the southern afternoon press by the new administration. The ?outhern Loari Company of Nash villfej Tenn has secured control of the Cumberland blast furnace on the new Mineral railroad, in Dickson county aod Will begin operations there in a few weeks ; This is one of the richest ore beds in the south. Superintendent Wadleys of the Central of GeorgiSj has issued orders threatening to discharge any man in the employ of the Central railroad who in any way in? duces any person, white or blackj to im? migrate from Georgia. He desires to in? crease population along the lines of the Central rather than decrease it. The two house* of the Kentucky state legislature, Tuesday afternoon, balloted separately for a successor to Mr. Carlisle in the United States senate. The vote was as follows: Senate-Lindsay, demo? crat, 16: Augustus E. Willson, republi? can, 8. House-Lindsay 63; Willson 13. Populists voted for Lindsay. A joint ballot Will be taken. The Alabama house of representatives, Thursday morning passed the Sayre elec? tion bili, which is drawn on the Austra? lian system. It Was bitterly opposed by the Kolbites because they alleged it would not only disfranchise the negroes, but at least thirty thousand whites in the state. The bill was passed by 50 to 46. It is believed the bill will pass the senate without serious opposi ion. Secretary Poster, Tuesday afternoon, telegraphed to Minister Stephens, at Honolulu, approval of his action in af? firmatively responding to the Tcquest of the provisional government of Hawa i for the establishment of a protectorate over the islands, pending negotiations for the annexation of the is'ands to the Uni? ted States. Instructions for the guidance of his future actions were also included in the telegram. A Nashville, Tenn , dispatch srys: Wednesday Adjutant General Fife re? lived from Governor Turney, at Win? chester, the commission of three ap? pointees -hat have been awaited with anxiety by the numerous applicants. Major Felix G. Buchanan, of Lincoln county, is appointed wnrden at the main prison; Chirles H. Smith, of Carroll county, depu'y warden, and Dr. J. R. Thompson, of Marshall county, prison physician. A New Orle&us special says: The Loui ima supreme court, Monday, hand? ed down an opinion in the case of the state vs. the Boston and Pickwick clubs, two crack social organize ions of the city, for suits tor license for following the bus? iness of liquor dealers and keeping bil? liard and pool rooms and restaurants. The courts ordered that the defendants be bel 1 liable tor a l licenses from 1888 to date. The Sunday law ?3 not men? tioned in theopmion. but ibis claimed, as the clubs are piscad cn an equal foot? ing with thc saloons, the law will be op? erative in this eise. MARDI GRAS FESTIVITIES. New Orleans Merry with Music and Masqueraders. A New Oi lear s news special of Tues? day says: Eveiywhere floats carnival colors. The eily is bright with sunshine and merry with music and a vast army of miscellaneous miskcrs. At high noon the procession of Rex appeared upon the streets. The subject chosen for the pageant was "Fantasies." It allowed more scope for the display of the art of the paicter and the costumes io the specta? cle, which could not have the aid of cal? cium lights and torcbes,and the result was ? ?or,ecus fight. The first float bore "Bouf Gras, "ace rding to a time-honon d custom. The second vehicle bore a fanciful .les'gu, illustrating the subject of dis play. Ovhvr fl>ats depicted the king of the carnival upon his throne, and then rame "Cloudland," "Gambols of the Deep," "Pastimes in Hades,*' "Star acd." "Realm of Riches," "Waer Nymphs," "Court of Failles," "Sun? land, " "Home of Brightness," "Silver Spirits," "Dancing Jvfs on the Waves of ! Joy," "Sports of Fairies," "Hours of idleness," "Cupid's Bower," "Dream? land." The drill corp? of S\ Bernard com- J tn n nd err, Knights Templer, of Chicago, ! oar.idcd as the ?:uard of honor of the ? king, who was impersonated by Captain j John Pointevent. The queen of the car? nival was Miss Ella Mnnott and her maris of honer, and they viewed the pi- ? rule from the galhry of the Pickwick j Club. Ali the clubs were magnificently j grouped and crated special stands, from | which beauty, from all sections of the j country, viewed the parade. DEATH IN A BALL ROOM. A Frightful Catastrophe in a llunga- j lian City. A cable dispatch of Wednesdny from ! Hilda Pesth, Hungary, states that a car- j nival dance was given on Monday ! 'vening in Deuten Pcreg. At ll o'clock, J when about oue hundred persons were ; lancing in the hall cn thc first floor, a i child, playing in thc cellar, dropped a ! iiahted taper through thc bunghole of a ; chsk of petroleum. Thc cask exploded, j killed the child, tore up thc dance floor j und scattered burning petroleum n:nr>" ; the dancen?. A ch z n persons, euvcl-j oped in flames, ran lor thc windows and | doors, spreading fire and panic among ' '.he rest of thc company. Half of the j people in the hall were at thc end froin j which there were uo cxi:?, and as thc : floor on the side near tho windows ; had been torn up by the explosion, they I were obliged to run the whole length of the blazing room to escape. Ten persons ; fell through to the cellar and were burn- j *-? to death. Reven more, whose clothes had caught fire, dial shortly nft(r reach ing into the open air. Three were tramp- j 'ed into unconsciousness in the pinic and ; uere bumed as they lay on the floor. Five men and s*ven women whose clothes were half burned from their backs, are in s critical condition. Many others have j alight fractures or burns. But thirty or j forty perkins escaped with ou! injuries, j Lindsay Elected. Judge W tu. Lindsay wasdeciared elected ! United Malis senator at the j"it?t session j of thc Kentucky legislature at noon Wed? nesday. He will proceed to Washington ! to take his scat. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. The News ol tte World Condensed Mo Ply aid Pointed Parapao&i Interesting" and instructive to AU Classes of Readers? Reports of Tuesday to the board of health of New York City from Black? well's Island show that since Saturday ten new c*ses of typhus fever developed in the workhouse of that place. Early Tuesday morning fire destroyed the Wagman bl?,ck in Fort Smith, Ark., and a two story brick building adjoin? ing. The total loss will be between $7.5,000 and $100,000, with insuraoce of $85,000. A report of the treasury depaitment issued Monday shows the following ex? ports of cotton from Georgia and South Carolina potts for the month of January: Brunswick, 1,100 balc? a3 against 5,980 for January* 1892- Savannah, 42,661 as against 33,8S0; Charleston, 16,39? as against 24,82?\ At the monthly meetiog of the Kew York association cf piano manufacturers Tuesday afternoon st venteen firma re? ported through their representatives that they had deciden not to send any exhib? its to the Chicago fair. Dissatisfaction regarding the space assigned ?9 given as the chief reason for this action. The seventh atn?al convention of the American Newspaper Publisher's Associ? ation was opened ht Kew York Wednes? day. A great majority of representatives of newspapers ?nd members of the asso? ciation were present, and over one hun? dred millions of dollars capital was re j resented. A terrific explosion occurred at Mc Abee's powder mills, about twelve miles from Pittsburg, Pa., on the Alleghany Valley railroad "Wednesday afternoon, by which Albert Mc A bee was instantly killed and William Scarborough so badly injured that he died while being taken to the hospital. McAbee was blown sixty feet. A New York special of Wednesday says: It is not expected in financial cir? cles here that either the senate or the bouse will take any further action on the silver question during the present ses? sion of congress. Careful inquiry among bankers and business men revels the tact th ;t these elements are very much discouraged over the condition of affairs. There was no Ii ?tie excitement at Wilksbarrc. Pa, Tuesday, among seven hundred depositors of the broken bank of V. Rockafellor & Co., when it be? came known that the total liabilities will reach $342.000, while the entire asset-? would sere .dy foot up to $20,000. It looks now7 ns though the wreck was complete, and that the depositors will be lucky if they receive 8 per cent of their money. A Pittsburg. Pi., dispatch says: The lobby ot the St. Chari s hotel was thronged Tuesday morning with repre? sentative telegraphers who assembled from ali parts of the United States to participate in the convention of thc commercial telegraphers of Noith Amer? ica. The opening sessioG was called to order at 10:30 o'clock behind closed doors. More than sixty delegates re? sponded to the roll cali. A Washinhton speicial 9ays: Lieuten? ant Lovell K. Reynolds, of the navy, while andcavoring to board a cible car, was knocked down and run over, both legs being crushed. He died Thursday morning. Lieutenant Reynodls was ap? pointed to the naval academy for Alaba? ma, and graduated in 1871. He attain? ed his present rank, that of senior lieu? tenant, iu 1891. He was attached to the coast survey steamer Endeavor. A London cablegram of Wednesday says a serious marine disaster is reported. The bark Catalina, owned at Bremen, was -recked off the mull of Gallwsy and the captain and seven of the crew were drowned. Four were saved. The Catalina was commanded by Captain Schutte and left Wilmington, in the United States,October 27th last for Bow? ling, a port on the Clyde, between Dum? barton and Glasgow, and has since been engaged in other traffic. A London cablegram of Tuesday says: More of the master cotton spinners of Lancashire have given notice that they are willing to act in unison with a mas? ter cotton f-pinners' federation and leave work in order to prevent those of their employes who b< long to the operatives' union from aiding those who are on a strike against, a five per C'jnt reduc? tion of mill owners. Seventeen million spindles are idle and one million are working short. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. A Constitution to be Snbmitted to the Next Reunion. A New Orleans dispatch of Thursday says: The committee on constitution and by-laws for the United Confederate Veterans has been holding its session for the last few days in this city. The com? mittees have completed their labois and will make a unanimous report to thc next reunion to be held at Birmingham, Ala., on thc 19th of July next. The censti tution, as agreed upon by them provides for a general committee and staff of? ficers of bri gadier generals. It also pro? vides for three departments to be known as the Army of Northern Virginia, the Army of Tennessee, and the Army of Trans-Mississippi, tobe commanded ly lieutenant generals with limited staffs to ranks of colone's. But one major general is to be allowed to a state or territory. Stute and terri? tories may be divided into brigades by a vote of the camp. New Orleans was made permanent headquarters for the federation. By-laws and rule's of order wire adopted by the committee. The work of the committee has been approved by all prominent confederates to whom it j has been submitted. LIVELY TIMES. Rival Houses of the Kansas L?gislature at Outs. A Topeka, Kas., dispatch of Tuesday says: War is on in real earnest between thc two houses of the legislature and blows have been exchanged. There are now open threats-by the populists of sen? sational hostilities and at. any moment there may bc something more than talk, 'A h i ch bas so long been indulged in. An ii tt em pt by the deputy sergeant-at-arms of tl c rcpub'ican house to arrest Ben. C. Rich, clerk eil the populist house, on or dt rs from the republican?, caused a con? ti;? t. dining which the republicans w-erc knocked down and several men on both sides were badly bruised by blows of Hits. _ MRS. DAVIS CONSULTED In Regard lo the Removal to Rich? mond of Her Husband's Remains. J. Taylor Ellison, mayor of t.ichmond, j Va., who is president of the Jefferson ' r ris Moo um put Association, left Tues? day night for New York to confer with Mis. Davis in regard to th?: removal of . he remains *<i b i husband hom New Orien ns i>i R?cbmo?d. lt ls believed thal Lee Camp will cany a large crowd o! i l e ( 'ICM e> .1 City lo eseorl Mr. D?tvi?' s i m n- to Richmond for fin.nl interment. 1 lt appears to be the curta! opinion oi j members of the <;im?' that the r??ute o? | (he funeral train should bc through ns j many as possible ol'*the ttn?tS thal ?orm ed the lato coaiederacy. I THE HOME RULE BILL Accepted by the Irish Parliamentary Party. A Loudon cablegram of Tuesday says: The following statement of the contents of the home rule bill has been officially handed to the correspondent: "The bill offers Ireland a legislature to deal in all Irish affairs, and the executive government is responsible to that legisla? ture. In all the main principles and in the political machinery it is provided much better than the bill of 1886. The Irish parliamtntary party, at a meeting specially summoned after the delivery of Mr. Gladstone's great speech, cordially accepted the new home nile constitution as a satisfactory scheme of Irish national self-government, subject to the endeavors in the committee to im? prove the proposed finanoial arrange? ments, and to have the time shortened wherein the land question is to be with? held from the purview of the Irish na? tional legislature. We are authorized by the party to transmit this resolution to . the friends and supporters of Irish liberty in the United States and Canada. [Signed.] JOHN DILLON, MICHAEL DAVITT, COMMENT ON GLADSTONE'S BILL. The conserv?t've j urnals refl ct the measure in tofr\ while the liberal papers approve and ht ar i?, although at the time picking at small news in certain provisions of the bill. Some publish the present bill and ;hat of 1886 in parallel columns and tubulate their several provis? ions- " . . The Prince of Wales was the first to congratulate Mr. Gladstone in the private room of the-house of commons after -his address introducing the home rule bill. Then the 8 luches of Teck and Princesses Louise and May of Teck congratulated the premier. LABJUCHERE'S AMENDMENT. Labouchere dedans that he intends to have as an amendment to the home rule bill, the exclusion of Irish members from the imperial parliament. ANNEXATION RECOMMENDED By President Harrison in a Message to the Senate. President Harrison sent a message to the senate Wednesday afternoon recom? mending the annexation of the Hawaii? an Islands by the United States. It was accompanied by the treaty of annexa? tion concluded between the sc cretary of state and the Hawaiian commissioners and a mass of correspondence relating to the question at issue. The treaty is brief, providing merely for the annexation of the islands under the present provisional government and leaving the de? tails of a permanent form of the government, etc., to the action of con? gress. The correspondence is very volu? minous, going back many years and giv? ing a comp:ete history of the islands so far as negotiations with the United States are concerned. Contrary to general expec? tations, the senate, in executive session, declined to make the treaty public imme? diately, but decided to first have the mes? sage and document prit:te i for the confi dential information of tb;- senators. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Hr. Cleveland Makes Known Four of His Cabinet Officers. A special from L-skew od, N. J., says: Mr. Cleve'&nd ( trivially announced the names of four members of his cabinet through the United Press Tuesiay after? noon. They are: Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, secretary of state; John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, secretary of the treasury ; D.iniel S. Lamont, of New York, secretary of war, and Wilson S. Bissel I, of Buffalo, postmaster general. On making tbi-4 announcement Mr. Cleveland said: "There is no need of any mystery in regard to the cabinet, and it is useless to speculate and indulge in guess work. I shall make no secret of the matter, but shill announce the names of the gentlemen selected to fill the po? sitions as fast as I receive their accept? ance and permission to make the matter public." _ GEORGIA IN THE CABINET. HOB. Hoke Smith Gets the Secretary? ship of the Interior? A Washington special says: The sec? retaryship of the interior was, on Wed? nesday, formally tendered to Mr. Hoke Smith by Mr. Cleveland and the gentle? man from Georgia accepted it. Mr. Smith called at Mr. Cleveland's office in New York Wednesday by appoint? ment. Messrs. Wilson S. Bissel), who is to be postmaster general, and Dan La mont, who is to be commander cf the armies, had proceeded him. Mr. M, A. Beach, a friend of Mr. Cleveland's from New York, was also there. These gentle? men were in conference over an hour. When the conference ended none of them would talk, but Mr. Cleveland subse? quently announced to the newspapermen that Mr. Smith would be his secretary of !hc inferior. This leaves the naval p< rt folio, that of secretary of agriculture and the attorney generalship the only ones to be filled. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Board of Directors Hold a Busi? ness Meeting in Chattanooga. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Southern Associated Press held at Chattanooga, Monday, the following of? ficers were present: E. P. Howell, presi? dent; Patrick Walsh, treasurer; F. P. Glass, secretary; A. S. Ochs, chairman; of the executive committee, together with T. T. Stockton, of Jacksonville; J. C. Hemphill, of Charleston; F. P. O'Brien, of Birmingham; J. L. Rapier, of Mobile, aud J. H. Estill, of Savan? nah. Steps were taken to improve the service of the Southern Associated Press. The body passed resolutions of condo? lence in reference to the death of Dr. Xorvin Green, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. AGAINST TILLMAN. The I*. S. Court Fines Each One of His Sheriffs $.500. A Charleston S. C., .special of Thurs? day says: Tt;e United States Court has deeded the railroad lax case a^ain-t th . st^t .. Thc marshal hos been (Tiered to place the property in the possession of a receiver and thc county sheriffs hive boen tined five hmdred dollars each for con? tempt and will b im ?ris?ned t?l the tine i> paid. Movement of Specie. The steamship La Bretagne, sailed from New York for Havre, France, Sat? urday carrying $3,250,000 American gold coin, of which $3,150,00) was withdrawn from the subtreasury. The total i;oid exports f >r 1893, to date, amounts to $15,650,000. The steamship Servia, also sailing Sa urday, carried 250,000 ounces of silver and 105,000 Mexican dollars. Total shipments of sil? ver for 1893, to date, amount to $2,162, 000 and 800,000. Mexican dollars. Blizzard in the West. Reporta of Wednesday from the north? west are fe> the effect that another bliz? zard is raging. At Fergus Falls, Minn., i!ie railroads are blockaded. The Nor'hero Pacifie- train-did not go east. Fr? in Redwood Falls there are reports of ?i blizzard with alt traffic stopped. At Milbank. S. I) , business is practically suspended. K-ctor, Minn., reports a bliz? zard raging iu tii? etty, the thermome? ter sln^s :t steady fall but there is no au -'.v. Devious Methods of ????r Sur? veillance Over People. Obnoxious Persons Disappear , at Short Notice. In a, contribution to Harper's Maga? zine under the title, "Why we Left Russia," Poultney Bigelow says: Be? tween St Petersburg aud Kovno I stopped for a chat with a friend who knows the devious methods of Rus? sian government pretty well. I told him my tale, and asked him what he made of it. "Nothing is simpler," said he. "You are politely requested to disap? pear from Kassia at the shortest possi? ble notice. You have been watched from beginning to end, and you may be watched at this moment. You might have waited a month iu ?St. Petersburg, but you would never have got an answer to your request" "But," said ?, "what if I had gone on without permission ?" ?You would never know what had interfered with you. You would have been arrested at the first convenient place, and kept a week or so pending examination. What is most likely, however," said he, "some dark night your boats would have beeu smashed to kindling-wood ; your stores, papers and valuables would have been taken away, and yourself turned adrift in a swamp." "But," said I "you don't mean to say that a great government would permit such a thing?" "Oh, of' course not! Our great government would express the most profound regret at the accident; it would insist that the damage was done not by police agents, but by common thieves. In any event, you would be stopped before you got a hundred miles away fro:n St Petersburg, and, what is more, you would never be able to prove that the government had stopped you. "In Russia we are far ahead of western Europe. We have copied lynch-law from America, only here the government does the lynching. When a mau is obnoxious, reads or writes or talk9 too much, we do not bother about courts and sheriffs. He disappears-that is all. When his friends come.to inquire after him, the government shrugs iii shoulders, and knows nothing about it. He baa beeu killed by robbers, perhaps, or he has committed suicide! The government cannot be held responsible for every traveller in Russia, of course I '?When a military attache is sus? pected of knowing too much about Russian affairs, his rooms are always broken into and ransacked. Not by the government-oh dear no! That would be shocking! It is always done by burglars. But odd tc say, these Russian burglars always care particularly for papers and letters. ?'The German military attache has had his rooms broken Into twice in I this manner, and to prevent a third invasion he assured the chief of police I that there was no use doing it any more, that he really never kept any ; important papers there. Since thea he has not been troubled by official burglars. A Courteous Duelist The first Governor of Illinois was Shadrach Bond, and he was elected by an almost unanimous vote. He came to Illinois from Maryland when twenty-one years of agc and began life as a farmer in Monroe connty. He had but a limited education, but in the I school of experience and every-day ' intercourse with his fellow men he acquired a large stock of practical in? formation. He was a convivial spirit, kept horses and hounds, and was agreeable and popular. He was de? cided in his opinions and faithful to his friends. He took a leading part in political discussions of the day, one of which resulted in the sending and acceptance of a challenge to fight a duel with Rice Jones. After the parties had taken their positions in tho field Jones' pistol was discharged by accident Bond's sec? ond declared it a fire and insisted upon ! the right of his principal to return it Bond, with characteristic magnanim? ity, at once proclaimed it an accident. This magnanimity on the pa* t of Bond led to au honorable settlement of the quarrel. G ?vernor Bond was subse? quently elected to Congress, resigning to accept the appointment of receiver of public moneys. He then erected a massive brick building in Monroe County, near Kaskaskia, where he spent the remaining years of his life. -[Chicago Timer. -y ? What a Hunter Says About Deer. Ezra Burtner ot Maryland, who has returned from bia annual hunting ex? pedition on his preserves ?ti B?ar Val? ley, this couuty, gives the following information concerning deer and their habits: "No less than twelve deer were seen, and nature provides ample measure for their protection here. When the fawn is born it is concca'cd ! j by the doe in the young laurel and so cleverly that not even a fox can lind it. There is no scent then. When the deer is grown up and the water and the ground are frozen, there is no dog living that can run it down, and when thc water is open the deer takes to it, and when the dogs come up it ducks them again and again until they leave it in peace. The thing that be? trays the deer is the habit, of having certain paths, which are always taken when it crosses from one ridge to the other, makin?- it possible for men 'O lie iu wail for it when disturbed by the dogs. It sometimes follows thal the deer will not use its path ami then the hunter is badly left-[Chambers burg (Penn.) Valley Soirit. CLASSICAL STYLE IS TRYING. Farting the hair in the middle'and waving it back on either side may be becoming to a few, but it ia certainly trying lo ?he majority of faces. The severely classical .style is much teo trying to be generally adopted, al? though there has been a distinct effort to introduce it of late. "Do you not think Miss S. beautiful?''" was asked of a gentleman the other day. "Just the head to stamp on a coin," -was, the: answer, "but those heavy waves pf ., hair rattier spoil her for a ball-dress made in thc fashion. She ought.to wear nothing but Greek drapery."-* ."New York Tribune. THE SLENDER WOMAN'S MISTAKE. " ; Tiie slender woman's greatest mis-7 take is in having her.clothes; too loose, believing that in this way she hides the angles, lu reality her bodice should be fitted perfectly, padding, used if necessary, and a reliance placed . upon the trimming to give apparent, size. The lace epaulettes, either oa bodice or wrap, will add to her breadth and make her look more rounded, while the lace cap has an equally good result She can wear a, short coat, double breasted, and with flaring revers of fur or velvet. In- . deed, it may be said of her that everything impossible to her stout sis? ter is permissible for her. A snugly fitting bonnet will be found most be? coming, and about her throat she can have either a high, stiff collar of white linen, or the full, fluffy fur or feather boa.-[New York World. WHEN A MAIDEN'S MARRIED. In the Tyrol, when a young girl U about to be married, her mother' brings her a handkerchief of newly spun linen, called a tear handkerchief. This the bride uses to dry her eyes at the altar and when she leaves her. home. Afterward, the web is pat away unwashed among her treasures. When she dies it is taken out and laid over her face. The Italian peasant girl, as soon as she has learned to sp?l and sew, begins to make her wedding troseeau. Thence, piece by piece, is grows, and she has put into it all her finest stitchery and sweetest thoughts. j As soon as she is a bride she makes a bag of fine muslin. This she begins to fill with rose leaves. Each year addi its share. When she dice, perhaps an . old woman full of year:, it is this rose pillow that her head rests on. In &?S acceptance of and preparation for the great events of life, such as nu and death, there are time and soil blossoming of fancy which we, stumb? ling hit and miss through life, do furnish.-[Detroit Free Press. FASHIONS IN EMBROIDERY CHANGE/^ The fashions in embroidery been as varied as in gowns, years ago tent and cross stitch w used on canvas for the seats of any chairs for drawing rooms; perhaps a brilliant peacock worked silk canvas was mounted for a screen for the same room. But iw y ear s ago cross-stitch fell into pute. The early work at Kensin, a dozen or fifteen years ago, mostly color on color. Woolen tains were embroidered in fea1 stitch with colored crewels^ covers of durable woolen stuffs also embroidered in crewels, being also used, to a consideran! tent, on linen. lt is curious to see how the and customs of the day govern broidery. Today the luncheon and the afternoon tea determine style of embroidery most in d Every possible fad of fashion mored to make more ornaT rately served luncheon tabl finest of linen is used, the embroidery silks, .vhite or or white with gold thread, most elaborate drawn work finest of lace stitches. Ni fine, too exquisite, too deli in stitch, material or design the fashionable, epicurean, ladies' luncheon. There pieces, carving cloths, tea tra/ dainty doilies, cake plate, bi and butter plate napkins; tiny circles of linen h fringed and embroidered lands of pink and blue offered tor sale and designa dividual butters." What m desired?-[Once A Week. FASHION NOTES. Lace was never so mach now for dresses for girls of Ribbon is in full favor for and wide aud narrow ribbons ized in pretty and novel waj trimming of bodices. Corselets are at fashions! and they are made of air terials, wool, 6ilk, veri embroidery and lace, Sleeves continue t< of the prediction to would become flat at a* thc colder weat AU short-waistedi for evening gowni popular, though for waist Hue is the Jacket s still hold: made much loi breasted fronts and] ca? be rolled back, ope?. The use of a JI meuterie on the among the new an extremely wi loon. Short, full fi ribbon coronet wi long, upright 1< bow should be"! mounting