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CLOSING DAYS Ol CONGRESS Tte Senate in EitraarHary Session, Coniiin?os o? tlie Cabinet. Notes and Gossip in and About the National Capital. TEE 8KNAT1? The senate reassembled Monday and discussed for nearly an hour the resolu? tions offered last week hy Mr. Mander ' son intended to limit the action of the senate in the present extraordinary ses sion to executive natters or to matters requiring co-operation on the part of the house. Mr. Gorman favored that policy, but preferred to have it take the form of unanimous consent rather than of a reso? lution. Objection to unanimous consent came from the democratic side of the chamber and the most strenuous oppo? sition to the resolution came also from that ?ide. The question finally went over without any decision and the senate adjourned until Wednesday. The senate held a short session Wedpesday, lasting not longer than thirty minutes. Meeting at noon and disposing of some morning business, an executive session was ordered, and, while in executive session, a recess was taken till half past 3 o'clock so as to give time to the republican caucus to complete its party assignments to committee places. When the senate reassembled. Mr. Gor? man, acting for the democratic majority, offered a resolution declaring the consti? tution of the standing and select com? mittees, and that resolution was agreed to, the senate then adjourned till Thurs? day. A communication was presented from the interior department in answer to a resolution in last session inquiring as to whether permis? sion for Sunday concerts in the pension office had been given. The com? munication states that such permission had been applied for end had been ex? pressly refused, and that the building had not been used on Sundays for such purposes. The credentials of Mr. Beck? with, appointed as senator from the state of Wyoming were presented by Mr. Yance and were laid on the table to be referred to the committee on privileges and elections when appointed. The vice president laid before the senate the reso? lution of the Massachusetts legislature, favoring the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. . After they were read, the sug? gestion was made by Mr. Sherman that they should have been presented in ex? ecutive session. They were laid on the table and then the senate proceeded to take np executive business, a list of nom? inations having been previously received ire m the president of the United States. The only business transacted by the senate Thursday was the presentation of various memorials from the legislature of North Dakota, and a reference of the res? olution for the appointment of a clerk to the committee on national banks (at $1, 440 per annum). Then Mr. Gorman moved an adjournment, and the senate, at 12:12, adjourned until. Monday at noon. CAPITAL GOSSIP. William McAdoo, of New Jersey, who has been nominated by the president to be assistant secretary of the navy, is a consistent old line democrat. He served several terms in congress on the naval committee, where he did excellent work. The president Wednesday seat the-fol lowing nominations to the se?are : Wm. McAdoo, of New Jersey, to be assistant secretary of the navy; Ed ware B. Whit? ney, of New York, assistant attorney general, vice Abraham C. Parker re? signed. The collectors of customs, commission? ers of immigration, internal revenue col? lectors and other treasury officials locat? ed throughout the country are taking the president at his word that they are to be allowed to serve out their terms of four years. Only two resignations of this class have so far been received-that of Colonel Weber and Collector Hendricks, both of New York. Secretary Smith has ordered the tem? porary suspension of all homestead en? tries in Clurk county, Ala. This order is issued by representations made by Governor Jonej, to the effect that en? tries were being made of salt springs and saline lands in violation of section 6 of the act admitting Alabama into the unicn. A thorough investigation will be made and the lands will remain io suspension until all the facts are ascer? tained. Postmaster General Bissell ss credited with the announcement that r.o local business men need apply for postoffices under his administration. He objects to commission]og local business men as postmasters, for reason that the actual duties are performed by irresponsible,and often incompetent clerks and substitutes. A postmaster under Mr. Bissell must promise to devote his entire time to the work,and personally keep strict oflice hours." Senators Wolcott and Teller, of Colo? rado, called Thursday morning and in? terviewed Secretary Carlisle in regard to the light-weight poid at Beever. The secretary pointed out the statutes to them, regulating his action in the premises and the government officers at Denver were telegraphed not to accept light-weight gold except by weight, When light? weight is proffered the government and the p.ir:i?8 offering it refuse to sell it by weigat, it is returned to them with the worn -Might" stamped across its face, the same as the word "counterfeit" is stamp? ed across the face of a bad note. Postmaster General Bissel 1 stated Thursday that whenever there is a con? test for any postolfice, the person who held the office under Mr. Cleveland's former administration is not to be con? sidered. He further stated that thc full power of this rule applied to the fourth class postmasters, and he. ?nd not the president, was responsible for it. The statement leaves open the prospect of re? appointment of postmasters who held tf&ce under Mr. Cleveland before when there is no other applicant for office, but bolds strictly to the rule that as between two applicants he who has not before held office shall be the one selected. The change that has come over the senate was patent to the most experienced Observer Thursday. As soon as the body had adjourned after its brief session the army of office-seekers, who have been thronging the corridors for days past, fouad entrance and opportunity to see their senators. And all found their way to the democratic side of the chamber with the result that nearly every senator seated there was soon surrounded by a group of wistful-eyed men or was obliged in self-defense to flee to the re? tiring rooms of the committee rooms. On the other side of the chamber the repub? lican senators sat at their ease, and were unmolested, amused observers of the leena. 3fr. Bi on nt Well Fixed. Ex-Congressman Blount is to be a spe? cial confidential agent of the treasury department. It is a position of much importance, requiring a man of ability and diplomacy to fill it. The position is sot down in the blue book. No appropriation is made directly by congress for such an office, but it pays well, the salary coming out of the contingent fund of the treas? ury. Mr. Blount will receive $10,000 an? nually and hts duties will be entirely of ? confidential character with the secreta? ry of the treasury. Much of his time will be spent in New York aod much of it probably in European money centers, though his headquarters wilt be in Wash ington. Mr. Blount's name will not be sent to the senate ??>? confirmation. Thai is not necessary. Indeed, no official an? nouncement will be made of it. BIG BLAZE IN BOSTON. Several Lives Lost and Nearly Fire Millions in Property Consumed. A disastrous fire broke out about 4 3'clook Friday evening in a building owned by F. L. Ames, corner of Essex and Lincoln streets, Boston, Mass., and involved the entire block. The fire was under control shortly after 8 o'clock. The area burned over comprises practi? cally one whole square, bounded on the north by Essex street, on the east by Lincoln street, on the south by Tufts ?treet and on the west by Kingston street. In addition to this square, one building on the north of Essex street, extending along Columbia street, was burned. Also three buildings on the east side of Lincoln street ; also one on the south side of Tufts street, Emergen? cy hospital, which was part of the Uni? ted 8tates hotel, and the rear corner of the hotel. Three unidentified bodies have been taken from the ruins, and there are supposed to be many others yet undiscovered. The injured number about thirty. The burned buildings were full of manufacturing enterprises of all kinds boots and shoes, machines, rubber goods, plush goods, leather goods, glass veneer? ing*. One of the principal firms was Horace, Partridge & Co., fancy goods, tnd the fire seems to have originated on the premises of this firm on the sixth floor of the Ames building. They em? ployed about thiity clerks. Every floor in the building had a number of people employed and among these were the most of the injured. Girls were overrun and trampled upon in the panic. Three men and one woman were seen to hang by their hands from the parapet; of the building, but owing to the netword of telegraph, telephone and elect r c light wires no help could be got to them and they all fell six stories to the froz'.n ground. One of the dead is Leonidus H. Redpath, a merchant; another is a fireman, Robert J. Restaux. Two bodies are not identified. O oe is a girl too badly burned to be recognizable. The casualties were at the Ames building, where the people were hemmed with? out warning. Latest estimates of the loss amount to four and a half millions. The three largest buildings burned Ames Lincoln and Brown-Durrell-were of modern construction and built in the moat noncombustible style possible for the mercantile use. The Brown-Durrelt had front walls of sandstone and rear walls of brick. The Ames and Lincoln were much like it. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development During . the Past Week. A review of the industrial situation in the outh for the past week shows the organization of a brewery wirh $150. OOO capital at Augusta, Ga., by K. H. Plant aud others; of a mining and milling company with $5,000.000 capital at Little Kock, Ark., by tne Little Rock Mining o^mpany; of & $150,000 sugar refinery at Cen? treville, La., by J. D. Capron and associates; of a foundry with $50,OCO capital, at Louis? ville, Ky., by the Sheppard Manufacturing com? pany; of a $50,000 cotton mill at Batesburg, S. C., by the Batesburg Cotton Mill company, and of one at Augusta, Ga., with $35,000 cap? ital, by tbe Phoenix Mills; of Rattan mills at Atlanta, Ga., by the Sou:hem Rattan company, with $50,000 capital, and of an oil mill with $40,000 capital at San Marcos, Texas, by Diffy & Schmidt. Forty-eight new industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with 5 enlargements of manufactories. Among the new industries not already referred to are cement works at River Junction, Fla. ; canning factories at Huntsville, Ala., and McRae, Ga.; cotton compress at Mexico and San Marcos, Tex., anda construction company at Atlanta, Ga. Flouring mills are reported at Burlington, Sil? ver City and Wsllburg, N. C., Pulaski, Tenn, and Love'** Mills, Va., a grain elevator at Abi? lene, Tex.; glas i works at Portsmouth, Va., and foundries and machine >hops at Piedmont, Ala-. Dublin, Tex., and Suffolk, Va. A coal mining company is also reported at Short Creek, W. Va., a gold mining company at Salisbury, -N. C., oil mills at Roanoke, Ala., Abilene, Bastrop and Mexia, Texas and terra cotta works at Pooler, Ga. A tannery is re? ported at Cuthbert, Ga., tobacco factories at New Orleans, La., Roanoke, Va., and Mt. Any, N. C., and cotton mills at Hogansviile, Ga., Greenville, S. C., and Lexington, N. C. Among woodworking plants reported are a carriage Cacoory at Culpepper. Va. ; furniture factories at Greenville, S. C., and Athens, Tenn., and saw and planing milla at Arkansas City, Ark-. Fort Meyer*, Fla., Church Hill. Misa.,* Vox, S. C., and Pulaski, Tenn. ?Vater works are to bo built at Hardman, Tenn, Selma, N. C., and Karnes City, Texas, The enlargements reported for the week in? clude a fouadrv at Houston, Texas; a pottery at Tremont, Miss.; railroad shops at Tyler, Texas; a cotton mill at Selma, Ala., and a saw mill at Davis Station, N. C. Amons new buildings reported are an asy? lum building at Miiledgeville, Ga. ; business houses at Macon, Ga.; Winston, N. C.; Hous? ton, Texas; Clinton. Tenn, and Bristol, Va.; ..harenes at Dayton, Ky.; Jacksonville, Fla.,and Lynchburg, Va. ; a court house at Fort Worth, Texas; a $50,000 hospital at Bellevue, Ky. ; and an office building at Charlotte, N. C.-Trades? man (Chattanooga, Tenn.) A NEW PARTY. To be Organized by Ministers, Prohi? bitionists and Women. A conference of ministers and prohi? bitionists interested in the formation of a new national political organization was begun iu LaFayette hail, Pittsburg, Pa., the birthplace of the repub'ican party, Thursday morning. When thc confer? ence was called to order there was just twenty-three men and ten women pres? ent and a maj >rity of the?e were from the immediate vicinity. After welcom? ing the delegates, the chairman read the platform of the proposed party and a call for the meeting signed by two thous? and persons. The platform recognizes God as the author of civil government, equal rights for all, without respect to race, color or sex; abolition or suppres? sion of the drink traffic, and such other moral, economic, financial and indus tr.al reforms as are needed in this coun try. A committee on permanent organiza? tion was appointed. The question of naming the new party occupied most of the time of the convention. It was de? cided to let the matter go over to some future time. Among the names suggested were "national reform party*' "national prohibition party,*' "abolition party'' and "national party.'" A committee was appointed to arrange for a state confer? ence to take place June Otb, after which the conference adjourn d. WAS THE MONEY STOLEN For the Loss of Which Hemingway is | Serving Time in the Penitentiary? j A Jackson, Miss special says : It is ] now two and a hau yeais sicce William ] Hemingway was sentenced to the state i penitentiary for the term of five years ? for the failure to p?y over to his cueces- i sor as state treasurer, $315,612 which the < books of his office showed was due the ? state. Hemingway could give no expia- j nation why the money was missing. An attempt to explain the mystery attending the disappearance of this money was J made Friday by C. F. Hemingway, a ( brother of the late treasurer, and for sev? eral years bookkeeper in the treasurer's '. office. Hemingway declares that the j money was stolen by a man who cleaned the safe timer, March, 1888, and who ac- \ quired and made a record of the treasu? rer's safe combination then in use and ! never afterward changed during Colonel ] Hemingway's incumbency of the office. ? Menagerie for the Exposition. ] The British steamer Port Adalaide, ar- i rived in New York Wednesday from < China and Japan. She brought from < Singapore, for the Columbian exposition, i a large collection of wilct animals, among < which are three large elephants, a tiger, I tiger cats, monkeys and several ourang- < outangs. j I TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Tie News ol tie World Condense! Into Ply aili Pointe? Paras* Interesting and Instructive to Ail Classes of Readers. Bishop Brown, of the African Metho? dist Episcopal church, died in Washing? ton Thursday. The foot and mouth disease has bro? ken out in the Berlin cattle market and all removals have been prohibited of cattle. Nutice has been received at Eagle Pass, Texas, for the removal of the Mexican import duty on corn, corn meal and beans. Snow fell for several hours in Iowa Thursday, and indications point to one of the worst storms of the season. Snow also fell at Kansas City. The Beanprie Mercantile Company, at St. Paul, Mino., failed Thursday. The assets of the companv are estimated at $168,658 and the liabilities, $517,286. A special general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Ireland convened in Belfast, has passed unanimously reso? lutions condemning the home rule bill. Numerous Austrian, Swiss and Ger? man Catholics have petitioned the pope that he cali an international conference to take steps to abolish gambling at Monte Carlo. A bill extending the right of suffrage to women in municipal elections, was de? feated by the lower house of the Michi? gan legislature Thursday by a vote of 38 to 39. The statement of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for the month of February shows earnings of $1,846,112, a decrease of $88,566; expenses, $1,474,783, a de? crease of $31,772. Thursday morning fire broke out in the Wheeler opera bouse at Toledo, 0., and in a short time the whole building was a moss of flames. The loss will be at least $100,000; fully covered by insurance. A London cablegram states that tb<? captain of the steamship Teutonic re? ported at Queenstown Tuesday that she had taken a long southerly course, but had seen nothing of the steamship Naronic. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company held in New York City Wednesday, Ed? ward Lauter bach was elected a director to fill che vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Jay Gould. A destructive fire occurred Tuesday at Bootle, near Liverpool, Eng. Two cot? ton warehouses belonging to the Deene Company were burned. Loss iib mt one hundred thousand pounds. The cotton in the warehouses belonged to Townsend, Woolley & Co. Judge Brown, in the United States district court at New York, Tuesday, issued an order for the sale of the steam? ship Vigilance,, of the United States and Brazil Steamship Comyany, to satisfy a claim of seamen for wages. Other vessels of the line may also have to be sold. A Monterey, Mex., special siys: Con? struction began Tuesday on the exten? sion of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad from Trevino towards Sierra Mojada, the great silver ore producing region of the state of Coahuila. Several thousand tons of steel rails for the new line has arrived at Tampico. Dispatches of Wednesday from Guth? rie, Oklahoma, state that the Cherokee strip is being invaded by boomers. Hun? dreds of them are encamped along the line of the Santa Fe road. A troop of cavalry have been stationed within twelve miles south of Arkansas City, which is twelve miles frem thc Kansas line. Turn Hall, a building covering half a block, at Patterson, N. J , was totally destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The los9 is roughly estimated at $75,000. Four firemen were injured and it is be? lieved two will die. They were caught in the building when the walls collapsed, and it was with thc greatest difficulty that they were rtmov< d from the debris. The Missouri house of representatives, on Tuesday, passed the senate bill for the appointment by the government of an excise commission to h'ive absolute control of the issue of dramshop license. It was passed by a strict party vote as it takes the licensing power out of the hands of the republican collector at St. Louis. Governor Stone will approve the bill. Mrs. Annie Potter, of Kansas City, Kas., in a formal card to the public Sat? urday announced herself as an independ? ent candidate for mayor of that city, She ?9 the wife of Ed Potter, a prominent in? surance agent. Htr candidacy is the out? come of a meeting of thirty women, ali of whom have registered ?nd are enti? tled to vote. A house to house canvass is to bc urged to register and?vote. A special of Tuesday from Buffalo, N. Y. says: Edward A. Kingston, a drug? gist and his brother, James Kingston, an employe of thc Wagner Palace Car Company, are Under arrest charged with smuggling drugs from Canada, The custom house inspectors have betn aware for some time that large quantities of drugs were smuggled an 1 Kingston was suspected of handling them. They were caught in the act. A special from Havana says: The time fixed for the redemption of the bank bills issued expired on March 11th. Notes of nominal value of $4,508,800 were not presented for redemption and according to the law have now no value whatever. It is supposed that by far the greater part of these notes have been lost or destroyed in various ways and that very few individu il holders failed to present whatever bills they had for redemption. The Carnegie Steel company recently gave an order to Whitworth & Co., of Manchester, Eng., foran enormous piece of their armor pinte machinery. Thc massive proof machinery will h*ive a ca? pacity of 10,000 tons pressure and will cost over $1,000,000. I; is claimed thai the machiuery will give the Carnegie company advantages over the world in the manufacture of war fixtures. An armor p ate weighing 200,000 tons can ' asiiy be worked in one piece. Tuesday night every street car opera? tive employed by the Sioux City, Ia., Ballway Company, with the exception of i possible half dozen, was discharged and new men put in their places. The com? pany charges all the men discharged with lishonesty. It is claimed that the com? pany has been robbed of as high as three thousand dollars a month, and (..at many employ?s have taken ?rom fifty dollars to seventy dollars a month in addition to :heii salaries. A terrible accident occurred on the New York, Ontario and Western railroad sear Munnsville, N. Y., a few miles jouth of Oneida, Wednesday evening. \n oil tank train broke in two while go? ng up a grade, the latter half of the :rain crashing into an engine which was dose behind, A territlic explosion fol owed, setting fire to the oil tanks. The ireman and engineer of the eugine were instantly killed, as was also the head brakeman of the train. A bill entitled "an act to prevent gam? bling in grain, beef, pork, lard or pro- I visions by corporations, brokers or j ethers," was introduced in the Illinois general assembly, in February, by Rep- ! resentative William A. Kent, of the eleventh district. So unobtrusive was the debut of the measure the intelligence of its real import did not reach the board of trade until last Saturday, when it created quite a stir. Should the bill become a law the board will have to close its doors and several thousand peo? ple who now fiud occupation and profit in its walls will be compelled to Snd other pursuits in life. A Chicago dispatch of Thursday says: The Gingalez workmen at the world's fair have gone on a strike against then employers, who have charge of the Cey? lon exhibit. The men were hired in Ceylon for 30 rupees per month which is about $7 in American monty. They thought 30 rupees wa3 a big thing un'.il they gained an idea of what workmen receive in this country They have been here only two weeks, but they followed the proper programme and struck. They then appointed a committee to see what the boss v,-as going to do about it. They were offered 40 rupees acd are thinking it over. CHOLERA REGULATIONS. Secretary Carlisle Issues Some New Precautionary Measures. Ou Monday, Secretary Carlisle issued the r.ew regulations regarding the pre? cautions to be observed in admitting im? migrants to the United States. The reg? ulations contain seventeen articles, the first teu of which are substantially the same as the regulations now in force. Arrticles eleven to fifteen inclusive, are practically new, made to conform to the new laws affecting immigration passed by the last congress and approved on the 3d of March I aar. Their most important points are as follows: Article eleven enacts that no vessel bringing emigrants from points where contagious or infectious diseases are pre? vailing shall be admitted to entry unless it appear by the certificate of the consu? lar officer at such port that said emi? grants have been detained at the port of embarkation at least five day3 under medical observation in specially desig? nated barracks or houses set apart for their exclusive use, and that their cloth ingj baggage and personal effects have been disinfected before placed on board. Article thirteen provides that such lists of immigrants shall accompany each steamer. Article fourteen provides that immigrants shall be listed in convenient groups, and no one list or manifest shall contain more than thirty names. DEPRIVATION IN GOLD. The Denver Bankers May Lose in Their Transaction With the Government. A special of Wednesday from Denver, Col., says: There is a hitch in the con? templated exchange of $1,000,000 in gold for a like amount of currency as proposed by the Denver banks and ac? cepted by secretary Carlisle. Should the negotiations be completed on the present basis the Denver banks would quit loser on the transaction not less than $2,200. The all-important question at present at the eleven banks which comprise the Denver Clearing House association ?3 on what basis of weight the government will accept the $1,000,000 in gold coin, whether standard or current weight. The difference between the two is consider? able. The director of the mint at Washing? ton has been queried by wire on the sub ject and his reply will decide what Den? ver's banks propose to do. The govern? ment having already deposited its mil? lion in currency at the denver mint, prep? arations for weighing an equal amount in gold coin began Wednesday. It was found that there was a depreciation of $11 on every $3,000. The banks will probably stand by their contracts wheth? er they lose or not. LOCATED IN TWO STATES. Bristol a Bone of Contention Between Virginia and Tennessee. A Washington dispatch snys: The 3tate of Virginia and the state of Tennes? see are parties to a suit which occupied practically all the time of the United States supreme court Wednesday. Vir? ginia is seeking to secure a large strip of land now within the boundary of Ten? nessee, but claimed hy the old dominion to be part of its territory. The tract in question is a wedged-shaped strip of land stretching across the northern border of Tennessee, adjoining V.jginia on the south. It is 113 miles in length, two miles in width at its eastern and <ight miles in width at its wts'ern extremity. The country is mostly sparsely settled, but it is in the line of material develop? ment of southwestern Virginia and east? ern Tennessee. One of the towns in dispute is Bristol, Tenn., which has grown greatly in the last decade and enjoys two municipal governments, ac? cording to the present boundary line be? tween Tennessee and Virginia, Main street separating the Tennessee section of the town from the Virginia section. If Virginia should wio the suit the whole town would be ^~tc of i te terri? tory. EXHIBITS FOR THE FAIR Being Rushed in Rapidly- Over 100, OOO Packages Already on Hand. A Chicago dispatch ot" Tuesday says: The work of getting exhibits into the world's fair building and putting the big show in readiness is being done. Direc? tor General Davis has issued a rush or? der, telling exhibitors to huitle their displays to Jackson park at once. As soon ss the great flood of exhibits begin to come into the park the forces of work? men will be greatly increased and the work will go on steadily night and day. When asked if everything would be in readiness by May 1st, Mr. Davis said: "Over 100,000 packages have been re? ceived here already. Most of these are foreign, but when the displays begin to come they will come in a hurry. The capacity of the installation plant has not been tried in the least. We are for the exhibits to get there, and the faster the better. It is a big force of men and con? tinuous work can put the fair in shape. It will be ready by May 1st." O'BRIEN TO BE PROSECUTED. Catholic Knights Refuse a Proposition for Settlement. A Toledo, O., special of Tuesday says: M. J. O'Brien, of Chattanooga, Tenn., formet ly treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America, and who default? ed in the sum of $7G,000, called on mu? nicipal authorities here with a view to settlement. Ile submitted a proposition to pay $2,000 cash and $3,000 in annual installments until the discrepancy; which he claims is $60,000, is made good. After a lengthy consideration of the proposi? tion the officers rejected it, und, pending a more acceptable one, resolved to prose? cute the case against the ex-treasurer. O'Brien, it will be remembered, fled from Chattanooga before it become known that he was a defaulter, but. was subse? quently captured and indicted. A MISSING HEIR For Whom a Fortune of a Million Dol? lars is Awaiting. A fortune of over a million dollars, consisting of stocks and bonds and San Francisco real estate, await3 Michael O'Reilly, if alive, or his heirs, if he is dead. All this is left by his ^bachelor brother, John. In 1854 John and Mich? ael O'Reilly settled in San Francisco, coining from Dongerey Ireland. John secured employment and iu a short time had accumulated considerable money, but Michael drifted into the army and fought through the Indian war.* of 1874. The last heard of him was in Chicago in 1873, when ha applied to his brother, now a millionaire, for money and was re? fused. The missing man is supposed to be about sixty years of age if alive. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH Mes o? Her Proiress ai Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day j to Day Tersely Told. i _ j The town of Guyhandotte,W. Va., ten i miles east of Huntingdon, was visited ny I a destructive tire Tuesday. The loss is $10,000, fully covered by' insurance. The tire was incendiary. Governor Turney. of Tennessee, Wednesday, appointed Frank Armstrong Moses, of Knoxville, to be coal oil in? spector. Dr. W. R. Niblett wa? ap? pointed inspector at Hardman. The Alabama association holds its an? nual session in Montgomery on Jul? 5th to 7tb, and have accepted the hospitable invitation of Montgomery's commercial and industrial association as their guests. A special from Hempstead, Texas, to the Galveston News says the Walter county court house burned Wednesday. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $9,000. The records are safe in a fireproof building adjoining and were saved. A Nashville dispatch of Monday says: It is authoritatively given out that the state will make an effort to have all the Coal Creek cases now pending in the ? courts at Clinton transferred to the fed? eral court at Knoxville and to bring up all cases that may occur hereafter in that court. A Knoxville special of Saturday says: The Tennessee legislature is investigat? ing the committee reports of the fearful condition of affairs among the convicts at Coal Creek. They are in a most dis? eased and fifthy condition and many of them or so poorly fed that they are starv? ing to death. The California state legislature Satur? day evening passed through both houses a resolution to submit to the people a constitutional amendment removing the capital to San Jose, providing the latter city shall deed to the state ten acres of land and a bonus of $1.000,000. The action, though hasty, appears to have been earnest. The heirs of Sam Houston, "Father of Texas," entered suit Saturday against the holders of a block of ground, fronting the market, one of the most valuable blocks in Houston worth $600,000. The suit also included accrued rentals of $300, 000 or more. The son, ex-Senator Tem? ple Houston, is managing the case for the heirs, some twenty in number. A Washington dispatch of Wednesday says: Comptroller Hepburn states that the Alabama National Bink of Mobile, Ala , has been placed in the hands of Examiner Campbell at the request of its board of directors. A meeting of its stockholders will be held on March 21st, and if acceptable propositions will be submitted that the bank be reopened. A Belleview, Texas, special of Monday says: Otto Sanders b?is a wife and five childien-three by a deceased and two by his present wife. While returning from work and missing his wife and her two children, he instituted a search and found them iji a well on the premises. The children were dead, and their moth? er, who had thrown them into the well, then jumped in herself will die. No cause is known. The California general assembly refus? ed to reconsider the vote whereby the constitutional amendment removing the state capitol from Sacramento to San Jose was adopted. The amendment has already been adopted by the senate and now goes to the people to be voted upon. The adoption of the amendment by the legislature was a surprise to the whole state, as the question has not been men? tioned this session. The director* of the Tenessee Coal and Iron Railway Company hi Id a meeting in New York City Tuesday afternoon. They decided to adopt the Talbot open hearth steel process, a patent owned by the Metal Refining Company, of Chattanoo? ga, on which they have an option good until April 4th. Secretary J. Bowron said the company proposed to be in the south in thc manufacture of steel what Carnegie is in the north. A Charleston news special of Monday says: General T. A. Iluguenin, the con? federate commander of Fort Sumter, has issued orders to every company of the Fourth brigade to send a detachment fully uniformed and with draped colors, to the great memorial meeting on the 12th of April to be held io honor of Gen? trai Beauregard, to wh ?se great ger ins and courage U due the ?ucees-? of Charles? ton. The La'ay. tte artillery has been ordered tc fire a salute of seventeen guns at sundown the same evening. Judge Bryan', of the United States circuit court, at Galveston, Texas, Tues? day, made a decree confirming the sale of the Waco and Northwestern railway to E. H. R. Green, who bid $1,375,000 for the property when cried off by the master in chancery at Waco December 2Sth last. Green asked to be released from thc bid because he understood that notes for land sales and for the cash in the receiver's hands were to be included in the transfer, but the judge decided that these were not included and ordered a deed made to Green. At a meeting of the board of directors of thc Jefferson Davis Monument asso? ciation, held at Richmond, Va., Thurs? day evening, thc president wa? author? ized and instructed to proceed to New Orleans to make such arrangements as he shall deem necessary and proper to re? move the remains of Mr. Davis from that city to Richmond, and determine the route by which they shall be removed. Ile was further authorized and instructed to confer with General John B. Gordon, commander of the United Confederate Veterans, and John Glynn, commander of the Louisiana division of thc Confederate Veterans, with respect to the funeral es? cort in m New Orleans to Richmond. MAY RESUME BUSINESS. Report of Examiners on the Gate City Bank of Atlanta. The silver lining to the dark clouds that have been overhanging the Gate City Natioual bank in Atlanta is begin? ning to show. The latest indications are that the back will be placed upon i's feet in a few days and will resume busi? ness just as if the defalcation of Assist? ant Cashier Red wine bad not occurred. Bank Examiners Stone and Campbell have finished their work and have for? warded their report to Comptroller of the Currency Hepburn at Washingjon, where it will receive immediate action. In that report some very interesting iccommend ati-His were made, which, if carried out, willeffict an early settlement of the bank's trouble0, and save the depositors and stockholders much inconvenience. 'I he most important recommendation con? tained in the report outside of its matter is that the bank be reopened. DISCRIMINATION IN RATES Will Probably Get thc L. & N; in Hot Water. A bill was filed in the United States circuit court at Nashville, Tenn., Mon? day by the interstate commission against the Louisville and Nashville railroad company charging that the said company was discriminating in its rates on coal shipments against Nashville, in favor of Memphis and other licaiities, and thereby refusing to obey the orders of the said commission to conform its tariff rates with those laid down by said commission a year ago. TRADE REVIEW. Bradstreet and Dunn & Co.'s Report for the Past Week. R. G. DUD & Co.'s weekly review ot trade says: Business during the past week has been affected by severe weathir and even more by the stringency and un? certainty in the money markets. Rates for money have mounted from 5 1-2 on call to 51 per cent, and for two days ruled above 10 per cent, but extreme pressure was abated without any measure of relief, and on the announcement that the treasury department will not issue bonds but would use the bullions reserv? ed in maintainiog gold payments, with? drawals of money for west and south nearly ceased. Gold to tue amount of $1,000,000 was offered to tho treasury in exchange for legal tender by the bank of Denver and as much by one bank at Chi? cago, and rates here fell to six per cent. There was some liquidation in etocks but none of importance in products,and it is evident that tba restraint of exports by speculation in the chief staples is an im? portant cause of the monetary strin? gency and of the loss of gold by the treasury. A fair increase is seen in the wholesale trade at St. Louis with a bright promise for spring. Trade is satisfactory at Little Rock, improving at Memphis and quiet at other points in Tennessee, shrinking with tight money at Columbus, but fairly good at Atlanta; better with in? creased shipments of lumber at Mobile and fair at New Orleans, with sugar firm but rice is lower. Bu-iness failures during last week number for the United States, 193; Can? ada, 31 ; total, 225. WHAT BRADSTREET SAYS. Bradstreet's report for the week says : Orders for cotton goods at eastern and other centers of production are larger. More cotton is being consumed and prices are steady. Jobbers are taking larger quantities of goods, and the country dealers are placing heavy orders. The increased capacity at Fall River re? sults in a surplus of 5,000 pieces. But prints are active. At the south, Charles? ton reports trade dull, as interior dealers are permitting stocks to run down. Bus? iness in not particularly active at Nash? ville, Memphis, Richmond, Atlanta, Bir? mingham or New Orleans and collections, while?fair at a few points, are generally slow. Farmers are actively engaged in field work in western Tennessee, and in Geor? gia they have raised so much larger food crops that grocers' sales have been affec? ted at Atlanta and * elsewhere, although at Birmingham trade in this line has im? proved. The slow movement of cotton mikes trade dull in Louisiana, where the sugar acreage is to be increased. VISIBLE COTTON SUPPLY. Bradstreet Compiles a Statement Gath? ered from Correspondents. Bradstreet has issued a special cotton review based upon the report of nearly 2,000 correspondents, of which the fol? lowing is an abstract: Reports from 1,975 correspondents in ten southern fctates of stocks of cotton at 1;494 towns on March 1st, enable Bradstreet to make an unusually comprehensive statement of the visible supply of cotton lying back of the usual visible supply points, waiting to come forward, and be counted in the crop of the season of 1892 3. Of 1,494 towns reported, 900, or 60 per cent, only reported stocks of cotton on hand. At 954 towns our correspondents say no stocks were held over on March 1st, of which towns, however, 239 reported stockrheld on March 1, 9812. The total stock held March 1, 1893, was 341,753 bales, against 508,089 bales last year, an apparent decrease, according to the correspondents, of over 32 per cent. Decreases by states show some curious differences. Florida shows the heaviest decrease of any, while Louisiana shows the smallest. The adjoining state of 3Iississippi also shows only a moderate falling off. The small decrease in Lou? isiana, however, is, by ieference to the detailed reports of stocks, due to the heavy increase in stocks held at Monroe. The cause of this exceptional increase is the holding for better prices. Texas, with one-quarter of the total stock re? ported, shows a decrease of 39 per cent. The average for the entire cotton belt, it will be seen, is considerably below this. The result of an enumeration of stocks at nearly 1,500 interior southern towns, shows the total held of 342,000 bales, about one-third less than that reported held a year ago. This, under ordinary circumstances, might be taken to indi? cate that, as far as the leading towns of the south are concerned, the amount held and likely to figure in the count of the crop is only two-thirds of that held last year. MAIL CARRIERS WIN. The Supreme Conrt Renders a Decision in Their Favor. A Washington special says : The Uni? ted States supreme court Monday affirmed the judgement of the court claims in favor of ?letter carriers in the cases of Aaron S. Post and Frank Gales against the United States. These cases arose un? der an act prescribing eight hours as a day's work for the letter carriers. It was contended by the letter carriers that the post office department in con? structing that act, had violated its intent and purpose, and was requiring more la? bor from them than was contemplated. The will of the late Charles E. Geh ring, president of the Gebring Brewing company, was filed at Cleveland, Ohio, Monday. It disposes of an estate valued at $1,000,000. Four thousand dollars is given to local charities, $2,000 to the poor of his native town in Germany, and the remainder goes to his widow and children. REDWrNE SHORT $103,148. The Grand Jury Indicts Rim for Embezzlement. At Atlanta, Thursday, the Uuited States grand jury found a bill of indict? ment against Lewis Red wi ne for embez? zlement. He may be tried at the present term of the court. If the case is not he:ird at this term it will go over until next fill. Red wine's shortage, as shown by the figures fecurcd by the United Statis grand jury, is $103,148.78. SHEPARD TO HERBERT. The Colonel Dines the New Secretary of the Nary. Secretary ot the Navy Herbert was en? tertained at a dinner Wednesday night by Co1. Shepard. There were twenty six guests at the dinner. It was private and there were no means of reporting the speeches, but the general tenor was cordial, hopeful and enthusiastic about the new secretary of the navy. Arresting Anarchists. Many anarchists were arrested at Mad? rid, Tuesday, by the police.- Several bomb factories and small printing shops were raided and their contents were seized. The police secured a largo amount of an? archist literature and explosives. An Italian was surprised in the act of charg? ing a bomb. He dropped the bomb, it exploded and he was killed instantly. Owens and Black Released. The United States grand jury investi? gating the Redwine defalcation at At? lanta, Ga., Wednesday, failed to indict Owens and Black, who were charg? ed with aiding Redwine, and they were released. Redwine declared emphati? cally that the two men ha*d nothing to do with the affair, j COTTON GROWERS MEET And Discuss the Question of Acreage Reduction in Arkansas. A convention of cotton plmter* and merchants of Arkansas met at Little Rock Friday afternoon and was called to order by George AL Chapline, commis? sioner of the bureau of agriculture. Ex-Governor Eagle was made chrirman. The convention was composed of plant? ers and merchants from forty counties in the state and members of the general assembly, both branches of which ac? cepted an invitation to participate in the proceedings. The question of reducing tue cotton acreage in Arkansas was dis? cussed at length. Resolutions were adopted urgiog a reduction of the acre? age from that of last year and also advo eating a greater diversity ot crops. The following was also adopted: Resolved. That as the planters of Aikacsaa recognize New Orleans as their natui al market and only cotton contract market in the south we appeal to the exchange in that city to change their mles to conform with the rules governing the great grain and provision markets o? th? country. A state organization was effected by the election of W. T. West as president and thirty-one delegates were chosen to represent the state io the interstate cot? ton planters7 convention to be held at New Orleans. A HEAVY ASSIGNMENT. Big House-Furnishing Company at Boston Goes to the Wall. The Atkinson House Furnishing com? pany, at Boston, Mass., with fourteen branches in other new England cities, has made an assignment to Charles F. Libby, of Portland, and Costello C. Converse, of Boston. The president of the company says the liabilities are $1,500,000, and the assets are estimated at $3,000,000. The trouble was caused by a stringency in the money market and inability to meet the call loan on Satur? day. List year the company did a busi? ness of three million dollars. The firm will probably pay its debts in the fal!. While the greatest portion of indebted? ness is to firms rn Boston and vicinity, there are a number of creditors in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. CLOSED ITS DOORS. A Bank of Which Ingalls Was Pres? ident, Fails. The Kansas Trust and Banking com? pany, at Kansas City, Mo., of which Sen? ator Ingalls is president, closed its doors Monday night. The liabilities are esti? mated at $800,000, and the assets will probably reach $700,000. The company owns 30,000 acres of land in Kansas and about $20,000 worth of property in Kan SHS City. R. M. Manley, the general manager, loses $250,000. There was about $30,000 on deposit when the bank closed its door?. Ingalls loses $10,000. The concern loaned considerable money on Kansas property at boom figures, and was compelled to bid it in and were unable to realize as much upon it as had been advanced. A receiver has been ap? pointed. WORLD'S FAIR RATES As Agreed Upon by a Mass Meeting of Railroad Men. A mass meeting, composed of all rail? road linea south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers, with representa? tives of all lines between the Ohio river and Chicago, in session Friday at St. Augustine, Fla., adopted a resolution that round trip rates to be put into effect between southern points and Chicago for the world's fair be made on a bas?3 of 4 cents per mile for the round trip, pro? vided the assent of the lines not repre? sented at the?ieetingis obtained. About fifty passenger agents attended tte con? ference. STACKS CF SILVER. The Yanlts of the Philadelphia Mint are Crowded. A Philadelphia dispatch of Saturday says: The vaults ot the Unitsd States mint in this city today hold the largest amount of bar silver ever stored in one place in the United S:ates. The quan? tity is 110,000,000 ounces, or fully enough, with the usual alloy, to make no less than 150,000,000 silver dollar?. The steel walled treasure-holders are filled to overflowing and bullion is being received from the government at the rate of 3,880,000 ounces a month. Besides this amount there are seaied in a separate vault $50,000,000 in coin. The seal on the door has not beeu bnken for two years. _ GAINS IN GOLD. A Probability that Exportations will Hold Up. The treasury received gold at several points Thursday. In New York the gain made in gold was $100.000, while at New Orleans it received $20,000 in gO)d in exchange for a like amount in silver certificates. No intimation has yet been received that any gold will be exported from New York in the near f ut ure, and at the present rate of ex? change it is not thought that any will be taken out of the country. The treasury has now more than three million doilsrs in free gold, and, in the usual condition of trade, this.is likely to be increased rather than diminished. SOUTHERN NEGROES To be Employed hy Carnegie in Pref? erence to Foreigners. A Pittsburg, Pa., special says: About 250 negroes from the south arrived at Brinton station Monday afternoon. These laborers will be given first a chance by the Carnegie Company at all its works in preference to foreigners who apply for work. James Galey, general man? ager of thc plant, expects nearly 1,000 others in a month. This will mean that as soon as possible all the Slavs will be dismissed. There are about 3,000 for? eigners employed at thc work?. Mother and Children Burned. ? At Rutherford, N. C.. Wednesday ni^ht, a child of T. W, Dixon, a drum? mer of the Watkins Haul .vare company of Richmond, Va., turned over a kero? sene lamp and burned two children to death, one six in nths and thc other two years old. Mrs. Dixon was badly burned, and died Thurs.lay morning. One of the three children was saved. The house was burned to the ground. The Fire Ruined Them. Redpath Bros., of Boston, manufact? urers of boots and shoes, who were burn? ed out in Friday's big fire, are financially crippled and will assign. Mr. H. L. Redpath, one of the partners, lost his life in the fire. The firm lost their books and accounts, and their insurance was much less than the loss. The liabilities are said to be $100,000. Beckwith Reappointed. A special from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: A. C. Beckwith, appointed from Wyo ming two weeks ago by Governor Os born, was, on Thursday, reappointed. The appointment was made before the vacancy existed and it was feared it wouW no* b-o ??cognhf?(3 sf le?ai A Baltimore Blaze. A five-story building in Baltimore, oc pied by Mathaia, Ingram & Co., manu? facturers of tin and Japanned ware, was almost entirely destroyed by fire Tues? day morning with its contents. The loss is about $100,000; covered by insur? ance. HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP What would we give to our beloved? The hero's heart, to be unmoved The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep- , The senate's shout to patriot's vows The monarch's crown to light *he brow?* "He giveth his beloved sleep." What do we give to our beloved? A little faith all undisproved A little dust to overweep. And bitter memories, to malee The whole ear ch blasted for our sake! .'fie giveth his beloved sieep." -Mrs. Browning, /! ? ll UM Ol? OF THE DAY. With an emerald ring-The Irishman's voice.-Truth. Not a common bark-An ocean grey? hound.-New York Journal. On the roll of fa-ne-The champion wheelman.-Galveston News. A discarded official standing about is out of place.-New Orleans Picayune. The man who fancies he writes poetrj frequently wrongs it.-New York Morn lng Journal. Old Diogenes would have had an anxious time of it in France.-Louisville Courier-Journal. It is certainty of continuance, pct the present amount, that is the measure of kindness.-Puck. When there is a great falling off in a hod-carrier's business some one gets hurt. -New Orleans Picayune. The best cure for trouble is labor. Who ever heard of a wood-sawyer com? mitting suicide?-Buffalo Enquirer. Law, physic or divinity Which is the easiest of the three? Divinity; because the fact is 'Tis easier preaching than to practica. -Judge. Little Elsie-"Who was Shakespeare, pa?" Scribblems (the playwrignt) "One of my predecessors, child?"-Tit Bits. Just as soon as a young man finds that he can't have a girl he begins to imagine that he can't do without her.-Dallas News. "This is a vane struggle," a? the breeze said after trying and failing to tura the weathercock.-Philadelphia Record. No man can sleep well in cloudy weather when he knows that he has a sandy foundation under his house. Ram's Horn. Most creatures are entirely harmless when they are asleep. Bat the moth does the most mischief when it is taking a nap.-Siftings. "What I am looking for," said Blig gms'just after he had rented a telephone, Mis the man who said that talk is cheap." -Washington Star. He (painting)-"If you were I, Mist Maud, I wonder how you'd treat this subject?" She (posing)-"Oysters." Kite Field's Washington. "It is an odd thing," mused Indigest icas, "that the same food which makes the brain so stupid by day, keeps it se ferociously active at night."-Puck. The Professor-"Ah, Miss Ins, it's very pretty, but it's not the least like the model. Pm afraid you've painted the eyes out of your own head."-Punch. Oh, from that swell deliver U5 Of whom it may be said The swellness is most noted in The region of the neal. -Washington Star. "Maggie," called Mulligan to his ac? complished daughter. "What do yon want?"' "Is thc pianny bruk or are yon playin' classical music?"-Washington Star. "But-why do you always hear them called etchings?" Father-"Um-ar well, I suppose because it takes such hard scratching to pay for them."-Inter Ocean. "The early bird gets the worm," mused the big fowl, "i'll just hang round in a leisurely way till he does, ana then PU take it away from him."-Wash? ington Star. "On the Verge of the Unknown" ia the title of an editorial in a recent issue of the Fort Worth Gazette. So they have hash in Texas too, do they? Chicago Mail. Mother (to her child, who has just had some sweets given her by the man opposite)-"What do you say to the gentleman, Mabel 2" Mabel-"Have you got any more, please?"-Judy. Diner-" Waiter, I find I have just money to pay for the dinner; buc it nothing in the way of a tip for yourself.1' Waiter-"Let me add up the check again, sir."-New York Herald. Tommy Figg-"Sister's beau kicked my dog yesterday, but I go* even with him, you bet." Johnny Briggs-"How?" Tommy Figg-"I mixed quinine with her face-powder."-Indianapolis Sen? tinel. While Mr. Donovan was watching an engine that was engaged in backing the other day he was heard to remark, "Faith, that's the most roundabout way of goin' forrard Oi iver saw."-Wash? ington Star. Caller-"So you mean to be an M. P. when you grow big, Tommy?" Politi? cian's Youngest-"Yes; like pa." Caller -. 'Then you've made ?. p your mind ta do a great deal of talking?" Politician's Youngster - "Yes; like ma."-Funny Folk. Yabsley-"I tell you, when I see one of these hard-working, patient school ma'ams I feel like taking off my hat to her in reverence." Mudge--"I tried that once aud her brother kicked me clear across the street. "-Indianapolis Journal. Miss G- met a beggar in the street and was moved to help m\n. "Here's my card," she said. "If you'll call at my house, PH give you some clothes." He failed to put in an appearance; buts day or two later she chanced to see him again and asked: "Why didn't you call?" "Indade. mum, but your card do say 'Thursdays!' "-Brooklyn Life. Building a Steamer on Novel Plans. A new idea in shipbuilding has been developed at Belfast, Ireland. There ia an immense vessel on the stocks there which has no keel for about 120 feet from the stcrnpost, while six feet of the stercpost is cut away, the hull of the vessel sloping from the horizontal for the 120 feet, until level with the curtailed stern post. The bottom of the sternpost ?.nd the actual stern of the vessel are not connected in any way. The vessel is a twin screw and rhe propellers will work through a small aperture with nothing between them and thc water beneath^ Tiiey will therefore always be in un? broken water.-Boston Journal Killed in a Mine Explosion. Mine No. 2, owned by the Choctaw Coal company, at Anderson, L T., six miles east of McAllister, on the Choctaw Railroad company's property, is reported to have exploded Tuesday morning and nine men said to have been killed and several injured dangerously. Big Failure in Liverpool. The failure has been posted in Liver? pool of Bigland & Harvey, the stock brokers, who operated largely in the American market. The deficiency of as? sets is estimated at 25,000 pounds-% million dollars.