The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-15
THE NEW s.
CONGRESSIONAL.

congressional
WASHINGTON, April 7.-SENATE.-
The pending business resolution, for tn,
election Of Senate officers, was taken up
and motion to go into executive SEES
| sion, made by Senator Pendleton, was
voted down; yeas 30, nays 80
Senator Vance addressed the Senate
on the subject of the state debt of North
Carolina, denying that the debt had
ever been repudiated, and asserting that
one of the first acts of the Legislature OF
that State had been one providing for
the payment of its indebtedness-unde
the force of reconstruction acts, for the
first time in the history of North Caro-
lima, she had found herself compelled TO
repudiate any of her obligation; that she
had to do at the dictation of the loyal,
non-repudiating honest and virteous
Republican party of the North. 1t was
not the voluntary act Of the people of
North Carolina. The Republican side,
he said, coming down to the question of
election of officers, had inquired why
the Democrats would not vote for Rid
dleberger. That was shifting the issue.
The question was, how could the gentle
men on the other side support him2 He
was Rebel and an unrepantent Rebel,
Democrat and an unrepentent
Democrat, Readiuster and an unre-
peutant Readinster How could they
forgive him? What was the object for
supporting him? He (Vance) objected
TO the manner in which the Republican
party had undertaken to fUist candi-
date upon the senate, because it was in
defiance of the whole plan of political
salvation. Riddleberger had been taken
up in his sins, unrepentant and I'M
shrlven, and been translated into the
heaven OF Republicanism, without hav-
ing tasted death. Uaughter.)
Senator Kellogg made speech upon
the North Carolina debt question, assert
ing that since that state had been under
the control of the Democrats the debt
had been scaled down from $4,000, 600
to 100000, a reputation of $22, 000,-
600.
A long discussion ensued, the North
Carolina senator answering Senator Kel-
logg's charges, and denying that that
state had in any manner repudiated any
of its honest obligations. Senator Ran
som called attention to the fact that the
4 per cent. bonds of North Carolina
were quoted at S5 cents on the dollar,
and appealed to the senator from Ohio
(Sherman) to state whether that was not
high price for The state bonds.
Senator Sherman replied that 1t was
fair price for four per cent. state bonds
Topeka Blaze-The Rolling mil Burned
to the ground.
TOPEKA, Kansas, April 1.-THE rolling
mill owned Jointly by the Union Pacific
and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway companies, located at Topeka
burned at 8 o'clock tonight, and the
once busy industrial building is now a
pile of ruins. The fire caught from the
explosion of a lamp i'll the hands Of d
deaf and dumb boy who was oiling the
shafting. The burning oil blazed up
and caught the dry board roof and the
| flames spread with wonderful rapidity
and could be seen in almost every par
| OF the roof almost instantaneously. Tht
boy moved his way down from the beam
on which he stood in some manner anG
| appeared before the engineer himself
| ablaze. The alarm was given by the en-
| gineer and the operatives, nearly one
hundred in number, barely had time Il
escape before the roof fell. The effort:
of the fire department were powerless Il
| save, and even the contents of the Office
which was located farthest from where
| the fire began, were burned.
1t is impossible to estimate the loss to
night, but 1t cannot be far from 800, 600
The building and machinery were pur
chased several months ago at about hall
their value, the purchase money being
about $37, 900. Valuable improvements
have been made since, and the loss t.
the companies cannot fall much short o
the figures given.
The mills gave employment TO be
tween 200 and 800 men, most of whom
were married and had large families
and furnished food for about 1000 PEG
pie. 1t is probable that they will b.
| rebuilt at once on more EXTENSIVE
scale, as the companies were contemplat
ing making large additions to Lhei
| present canacity.