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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
NOW OR NEVER. .
The Great Tariff Fight TO be Inaugu.
rated in the House To-Day
The Tariff
Reformers VIII Insist Upon Vigorous
Action B eing Taken at Once
Chances OF Success.
The Tilden BcOm-Publie Buildings
The Opium Habit-Life Insur-
ance-COngressiOnal.
PREPARING For THE STRUGGLE.

Both Parties Getting in Line for the
Tariff Fight To-Day.
Special to the Appeal.l
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Both parties in
the House girding themselves for the struggle
to take place tomorrow, when the question
whether the Morrison tariff bill is to be consid-
cred is taken up. The protectionists and free
traders have been busy all day estimating their
strength. Strong efforts have been made during
the day to induce Morrison te agree tie further
postponement, but the Illinois statesman was
| found to be obdurate and said, Now or never"
He declared that the tariff reformers would in
sist on vigorous action from now on. Rumors
of efforts looking to compromise afoat
but they can he traced to definite source. The
general sentiment if that the time for agreement
| on q compromise measure has passed. and that
| the fight is now inevitable. Morrison said to
| your correspondent tonight that the tariff re-
formers would would go further in the line of
compromise. They look upon the pending bill as
| the most cOnciliatory measure that could be de
| vised. He says the reformers could not make
| further concessions without an abjeet surrender
of principle. Morrison admitted that if Randall
and Eaton were to join forces, and the protee-
| tionists the -kneed tariff reformers, as he
| called them, voted solidly against consideration
tho bill would be doomed, but he said that il was
a serious thing for Democrat to vote against the
mere consideration of bill that approved by
two-thirds of his party. For this he thinks
the motion to proceed with its consideration will
/ be carried by a majority.
consultation is in progress tonight at Viii
| lard's, at which Morrison and Speaker Carlisle
are present. The object of the conference is
to solidify the tarif-reform forces and for
mulate a plan that will insure perfect
unity of action. Speaker Carlise ex-
| pressed the opinion to-day that the House
would proceed with the consideration of the bill
| by a decisive vote. He also said he had nc
| doubt the bill would finally pass, and he thought
the tariff reformers owed it to their constituents
to push the bill to the end. There is great anx-
| iety among the Democrats tonight, though the
| Morrison wing is not near uneasy as the pro-
| lection end of the party.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

THE crimes of the Irish dynamiters are
inexcusable upon any plea of suffering in
Ireland. They are directed for the most
part by idiotic enthusiasts and cowardly,
treacherous villains like Carey and Patrick
n. Fitzgerald, who, arrested only few
days ago, has offered, to save his neck, to
inform on his fellowassassins. This scoun-
drel claims to have been an associate of P.
]. Sheridan and to be able to implicate
him in the work OF the Irish Invincibles,
and claims also ID have belonged to the
gang OF Invincibles led by informer Carey,
and to be possessed of full history OF the
doings of all the Irish secret societies in
America as well as Europe. A,d thus the
cause of long-sufering people is mar
rowed to murder and treachery.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
LOCAL NOTICES.

FHE all-iron fence will not wash away.
BEST rooms in the city, Park Hotel.
GIVE your children Gmith's Worm Oil.
HEssENs Cough Syrup has no equal
for coughs and colds. Try it.
"CAILIGRAPH' Type Writer Agency, "A
North Court street.
PETER r. FORD, NJ. D., No. 40 Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn.
WEAK people should use Samaritan Ner-
rine. the great nerve ccnqueror.
WILCOX & GIBBs Automatic Sewing
Machines, A North Court street.
DYSPEPSIA and indigestion cured by DIR.
Duncan's Liver and Kidney Medicine.
ALMOST your own price for wall paper
and windowshadeS at HOOK 4 LAGRILL.
FAMILIES wishing French taught their
children will address F. +. S., this office,
or No. 63 Adams street.
DR.. Z. MILES WILLETT, office and resi-
dence 104 4 dams street. Office hours from
to 10 O'Clock am. and from ? to 3 pm.
/ HEREBY certify that Fahlen & Klein.
schmidt are the only importers of Persian
Insect powder direct to Memphis.
L. +. CASSELS, Surveyor of Customs.
No well regulated household should be
without a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the
world renowned appetizer and invigorator.
Beware of counterfeits. Ask your grocer
or druggist for the genuine article, manu-
| factured by Dr. J. G. b. Siegert x Sons.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

CHICAGO has never been so stirred as it
has been over the bogus dispatch from
London which purported to be an article
from the Pal Mall Gazette, written by Mr..
Matthew Arnold. In it the apostle of
sweetness and light" is said to have stated
what everybody who knows Chicago will
admit is true-that there is only the ap-
pearance, the semblance, the make-belIeve
of culture there, thin veneer, so to
speak, that is occasionally broken through
by the red-hot hell beneath, and then
the thick blue-black pustules of corrup-
tion run over, filling the air with stencil
that outrivals that of the Chicago river.
All the opulence of pork-packerdom is up
in arms about this view of the city and
Sweetness and light are denounced as a
delusion and snare.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

IT was stated in Washington that Gen.
Adam Badeau had resigned the Office of
consul-general at Havana because of dis
pute with the State Department about
fees. The New York Dial says he was re-
quested to resign because he was in ar
rears to the government. This is just
what might have been expected from the
man who was only saved from the peni-
-tentiary and dismissal from the army by
the strenuous efforts of Gen. Grant, then
President, and his friends.
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THE OPIUM HABIT.
Alarming Increase i'm the Use of the
neRhlY DrHE.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Leslie f. Kee-
ley, MD, of Dwight, H.. surgeon of the Chi
cago and Alton road, has written a letter here
Senate suppressinE the traffic Of opium. Among
other things, he says: Fifty years ago "gum
opium" was used exclusively by those addicted to
the drug, but morphine has largely super
ceeded the original juice of the poppy.
The revenue statistics unmistakahly show that
the consumption of opium is rapidly increasing,
and that, too, at rate far in excess of the in
crease of population. So extensive, indeed, has
the traffic in opium become that IL is now regu-
lar staple of commerce, and Is quoted in trade
circulars and dealt in by druggists as freely the
commonest articles in pharmacy. In 1916 II was
estimated that there were rs, 900 opium eaters
users in this country, at least twe-thirds of them
belonging to the better classes of society. oday
we can safely say that there not less than
500, 900, and some localities have greater proper
| tion than others-the South having more than the
North, and the city more than the country.
The effects of the upon the South were very
marked in this matter, since that time the
habit has largely increased in the Southern
/ States. Ia Albany, n. Y, there is annually
| consumed $500 pounds of opium, 500 ounces Of
1 morphia and about 500, 900 pills of morphis- In
Chicago there are about 5,u0o persons addicted tC
i the habit, and the leading druggists. according
customers are ladies. In st. Louisit is estimated
/ there are not less than 2000O. while many South
ern cities show in proportion to population even
i higher figures than these. There are many small
towns where the average is five in every 100, ant
| yet the habit is constantly increasing. The
4 amount annually paid out for the drug bY these
/ victims Is about s.. 10000
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
The senate.


Inc Senate was presided over lnlS morn
ing By Senator In gals.
A number of peti lions were presented and re-
ferred; also several reports from the various
committees, after which the Senate resumed
consideration of the naval appropriation bill, the
pending question being on the amendment pro-
posed by the Senate committee toiprovide for the
construction of new cruisers which, after debate,
agreed to, and after further debate the bill
passed.
Senator Plumb, from, the Committee on Post
Offices and Postroads, reported the postoffce ap-
preparation bill Placed on the calendar and
ordered printed Senator Plumb saying that he
would call it up at an early day, probably We'd
nesday-
The Senate then took up the bill to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States.
The bill was proceeded with bv sections, and
several sections were agreed to with but slight
debate, while some to which amendments were
proposed were allowed to lie over until the sec
tiOns unchanged had been disposed of, in the
hope that an agreement may be reached whereby
debate and delay in its passage will be avoided.
The bill was considered until short time be
fore adjournment. when the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session, and when the doors were re-
uaH adi
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

G. G. Graham ct al to W. Fl. Barnett
lot 8, block A, Stephens's subdivision
near fernando road, sor S225.
I. A. DeLoach to r. B. Snowden, part
OF lot ,, subdivision of country lot 4S0
south side Court street, 36!x14S4 feet, fol
$1,000.
George Gilham to First National Bank
of Memphis, lots IL and u, Davis & Park
ers subdivision, for $3.50.
Phillip Fransioli to Steven A. Fransi
oil, lot 9, r. Topps subdivision of block
20, east side OF Main street, between
Beale and Gayoso, 25xl50 feet, for $4,000.
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A New Sheffield.

The proposed new city of Sheffield, Ala,
on the banks of the Tennessee river, be-
tween Tuscumbia and Florence, is big
boom that is likely to continue. Seven
hundred men are now working on the
ne v railroad running from Sheffield to
Birmingham through the iron and coal
fields, and about POO more are laying out
the avenues and streets of the new city
preparing for the sale of lots to begin May
Sth. Extensive arrangements are being
made to accommodate the crowd. Many
persons are now at Tuscumbia from dis
lance waiting for sale day. The new city
promises to rival Pittsburg in few years
owing to its advantages for manufacturing
and river transportation.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
About Six Millions Appropriated by
Present Bills.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-"What do the
public building bills on the House calendar ap-
propriate?" was asked of Mr.. Stockslager, the
chairman of the House Committee Public
Buildings and Grounds, yesterday.
81 haven't figured on it, he replied, "but |
should say probably about S6,OOO,O00, or some
thing near it. It's good round sum, TO be sure,
but it seems to me that it is only fair where the
government is paying rent for poor buildings suf,
ficient to equal the interest the cost of good
ones, that she should build. The government has
the funds hand, and in paying it out for these
buildings it does not throw it away. 1t gets good
substantial buildings for it, and at the same time
puts the money again into circulation in the
country
"Do you find the duties of your position a:
chairman of this committee agreeable ones?'
by no means" he answered with frown
| ION the contrary, the committee is the most
hard-worked of any at the House end, unless il
| be the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Their
there are many appeals that are hard to resist
| Members come in and plead for buildings fol
their district because the town or district needs
them; and then, if they do not get them on these
| pleadings, ask on personal grounds. 1t is no un
| common thing for members to come TO us with
personal appeal. saying that their renominatioI
depends their getting this or that public build
ing or Improvement of some sort
The bills of this nature before the House by
favorable report of this committee or by action o
the Senate at the beginning of action by tn,
House, appropriated s, ,liS,000-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

The arrival of Materna and Scaria and
Winkelmann in New York, and the inau-
guration of the series of music festivals at
Boston last night, has given new impetus
to the Music Festival to be given here on
the 4th and 5th OF June-the one great
event that, eclipsing all others, is to estab-
lish the reputation of Memphis as the
music center of the South beyond ques-
ton. From the surrounding country
there come abundant guarantees that
thousands of visitors will have to be pro-
vided for during concert week, and that
the audiences will embrace the elite OF the
population of wide scope of country-for
more than 200 miles round and about Mem
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
COLDWATER, MISS.

Three Houses Totally Destroyed by
Fire-LosseS and Insurance.
From the Appeals Correspondents
CoLDwATER, Miss, April IA fire
broke out here yesterday morning about
o'clock, from some unknown cause, in the real
of the coifiR-shop of l.. II, Rogers, totally de-
strOying the shop, with its contents, and three
storehouses belonging to the same party. Loss,
$1,000; no insurance. H. Cohn, who occupied one
of the stores, was insured for $1,000. The parties
burned out viii resume business soon. E3ss
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
LIFE INSURANCE.
Au Important Decision by the Supreme
Court.

WAsHrssrox, April 14.-The Supreme
Court Of the United States to-day rendered . d.
cision ia the insurance casc of Emilie Heular.
glaintif in error, against the American fdfe In
sur&n-e Company, IN error to the Circuit Court
Of the Eited States for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. This was suit upon a pol
icy in the life Insurance company which
contained as part Of lhS contract the stipr-
lation that if the presenlafioaa and an
swers made to the commissioners IN the
Application for the policy should be found untrue
in any respect, the policy should be null and
void. When The insurance was obtained the as
sured was asked aEepg other questions whether
he had asthma" He aEswer was, NO" In
the trial of the in the court below there was
evidence to show deceased had had these disc ases
insurance, but there was also evidence going "a
show he Sas entirely unaware of it. The
Court instructed the jury that it made no
difference whether the assured was aware of II OF
net, If il was matter II fact that he had had
| those Diseases his answers ~ the company, al
\ though lrde honestly and in good faith, were
none the less untrue, and the company wes not
bound by the policy. This ruling is here assigned
! for error, and this court holds,
| First-That what the company required of the
assured. and what the latter agreed 10 as condi-
| tions precedent, was that he should pake full
and hopest answers TO all questions, without eva
sion, fraud or eonceaiment
Second-That the fact that he had had certain
diseases did not necessarily inralidate the polio,
| where there evidence to show that the diseas,
was 50 latent that the assured was not conscioa
Of this.
Third-That II was an erroneous conception O
the contract to hold this court below did, tina
tbs company WAS rsiisEsd koA Liability u II ~
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
A DangerOsas Case.

A Dangerous Case.
RooHEsTER; June |, 1852 Ten
Years ago was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains in my back and
-RidReys.
Extending to the end OF my toes and
tony brain! J. 49,, so,,.;.,
"From agony.
at took three men to hold me oil my
bed ct timeai
The doctors tried in vain to relieve
| ms. But to no purpose.
Morphine and other opiates
Had no efecti
"After two months was given up to die!
"When my wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done tor her, she at once got and gave me
| some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
| for the pain.
"The second dose eased me so much
that 1 slept two hours, something l had
not done for two months. Before | had
| used five bottles l was well and at work, az
hard as any man could. for over three
weeks; but / worked too hard for my
strength, and taking hard cold. L waf
| taken with the most acute and painful
rheumatism all through my system that
| was ever known. l called the doctors
| again, and, after several weeks. they left
| me q cripple ON crutches for life, as they
said. Imet friend and told him my case,
| and he said Hop Bitters had cured him
and would cure me. l poohed at him, but
| he was so earnest / was induced to use
| them again. In less than four weeks
! threw away my crutches and went to work
| lightly, and kept on using the Bitters fol
| five weeks, until became as well as any
man living, and have been SO for six years
| since. 1t also cured my wife, who had
been so for years, and has kept her and
my children well and hearty with from
| two to three bottles per year. There is nc
need to be sick at all if these Btters are used.
| Z" J. J. BERK, Ex-Supervisor."
!" That poor invalid wife!
Sister!
| Mother!
| " Or daughteri
Can be made the picture of health
| :. With few bottles of Hop Bittersl
j tt wy ",
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

ARRANGEMENTS for the races to take
place next week have been completed by
the Memphis Jockey Club, and the
weather permitting there is reason to hope
that the reputation of the club for furnish
ing the best sport possible with the best
horses in the country contending for full
purses, will be sustained. President
Montgomery and Secretary Hart have
been untiring for some weeks in their eff
forts to bring about that result.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

THE venerable Emperor OF Germany,
the heroic conqueror Of Sedan, is 80 rapid
ly declining in health as to force the con-
yietion that his death may be looked for
any day. He is no longer equal to his
self-imposed duties, but tenacious of his
prerogatives and jealous of his power, he
will not, in his lifetime, yield the scepter
to his more liberal son, who detests Bis
marck as the representative OF reactionary
brr1ta fOroa
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

TIE friends of Senator Walker, of Ar
kansas, are very earnestly at work for his
reelection, with good reasons for believ
ing that they will be successful. Many
equally able men offer for the place and
are mentioned as likely to contend for it,
but Mr.. Walker has been so faithful to his
trust that no good reason can be assigned
for succeeding him by man new to the
place and its duties.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
1910.

THE Tichborne claimant will be dis
charged from prison in few days, when
his time shall have expired. He has de-
clined to "show" himself in public fol
money, but he may change that view and
visit this country, where all men illus
trious by their merit or misfortune find
welcome. 1t will not be hard to persuade
Americans that he is good enough Itch
knrna
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
PRICES OF THE NEW CROP.
Prospects Good for n Higher Range OF

WASHINGTON, April l3.-There are indi-
cations that the prices for the grain crop of the
coming season may be better than those realized
last season. Last years wheat crop of the world
very light 1t is remarkable fact, but fact
nevertheless, that about two years are required
to distribute the wheat crop and get ii consumed
The consequence is that the effect of the short
crop of the world is not felt until the second year
The effect of the very full crop of two years ago
was only felt last year, when it reduced prices Of
grain to a minimum. The average wheat crop of
the world for the past ten years has been 1,2OO,
900 900 bushels. That of two years ago about
$50 600 900, 150, 900 600 bushels above the
age, while that of the past year but little
900 bushels, 20O, 900 900 below the
average. The result is likely to be- il is believed
by agricultural experts here, moderate increase
in the price of grain and better times for the
growers. Yet with the competition which the
cheap labor of Russia and India meets us in the
markets of the world, the wheat growers of this
country must be content with small profits.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15

TnE New York World has, in an elabor-
ate statement of facts concerning the West
Shore Railroad Company, laid bare a
scheme of robbery worse than that of the
Credit Mobilier, which has so long stood
the supreme type of railroad roguery.
Sixty million dollars have disappeared,
and there is nothing to show for it that is
tangible to the public, and yet there are
good, pious people, who wonder that
men can be so wicked as to
inveigh against corporations, and
insist that the States shall reassert
their sovereignty and supervise the rail-
roads who compel the public TO pay in
terest on watered stock and bonts stast
represent nothing bat shameless robbesy,
As the World says, this of the West Shore
in the United States great line OF rail-
road so honestly constructed and man.
aged that the capital on which it has to
pay dividends represents only its legiti-
mate and actual cost? Look at the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad, with its Sl40,0O0,0O0 of stocks
and bonds, one-half representing fraudu-
Dent water! Look at the Erie, with its
Sleo,OO0,000, nearly sixty per cent. Of
which represents the stealings and water
ings Of yearsl Look at the elevated rail
roads, carrying fictitious capital swellet
to three times its legitimate amount b,
stealingsl Look at the Western Unioi
Telegraph Company, with capital stool
of $s0,0OO,0O0, representing an homes
$30,0O0,O0O at the outside What ter
rible tax is placed upon the people b.
these rascalitiesl
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
HELENA, ARK.
The River StatiOnary-The New 6
leans ExnQsiliOn.

The River StatiOnary-The New Or
leans Exposition.
Special to the Appeal.
HELENA, April 1.-THE river is sta
tionary to-day.
The buffalo gnats are thicker and doing NOR,
damage than ever before known.
Col. A. G. Jarman, delegate of the First Con
gressional District to the New Orleans Centen
nial has addressed letter to the citizens of thi
district, asking their cooperation and assistanc,
in obtaining a presentable exhibition. He re
quests the citizens of each county in his distric
to hold meetings, ard arouse spirit of interes
and emulation. His appeal for the proper repre-
sentation of of the finest agricultural districts
in the world should receive from the citizens o.
this district the interest that he urgently re-
quests.
An unusual array of violators of the law were
small cases.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-15
WEST POINT, MISS.

Another Terrific wind and Raip.Ss0rm
Property Damaged.
Special to the Appeal.
WEST POINT, April 14.-Ou!r town was
visited by another terrific wind an rain-storm at
4 O'Clock this evening, damaging woodland and
fences to an unknown extent. The oil-mill roof
was completely demolished on the south side,
doing great damage to the building and ma
chinery. Several negro cabins were wrecked,
but no one hurt.