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Wadesboro, n. c., on Tuesday evening,
a tramp called at a house occupied by
two ladies and asked for lodging. They
at first refused his request but finally
agreed to lock him in a closet, where he
was to remain all night. About twelve
o'clock the ladies were awakened by a
negro. who threatened to kill them if
they made an outccy, and demanded
money, which one Of the ladies said she
would get. She then went to the closet
and unlocked the door, when the tramp,
who had heard the whole conversation,
sprang out, pistol IN hand. The negro
started to run; but the tramp fired, kill
ing him instantly. Shortly after it was
discovered that the supposed negro was
a white man, who had blackened his face
and invaded the house. He was recog-
nized as a near neighbor of the ladies.
THE SENATE ALARMED.
WASHINGTON, March 2G.-The Star this
evening reviews the action of the Senate
in authorizing number of committees
to sit during the recess, and says: ''The
raid of the Senators on the contingent
fund by means of resolutions ordering
various inquiries and expeditions for the
coming recess is of no small proportions.
The question is agitating the republican
majority of the Senate, and in caucus
some pretty strong language has been
used to condemn the practice of getting
through 'junketing resolutions The
number of resolutions providing for re-
cess trips, with clerks, stenographers,
etc, has gone beyond any previous ses-
sion. One by one these resolutions were
passed, until the Senate was confronted
with the fact that it would have to pro-
vide a very large contingent fund to
meet the demand upon it.
up to the present the following COM
mittee have been granted power to meet
during the recess, and to employ clerks,
stenographers and other assistants: Agri-
culture and Forestry, Education and La
Dor, Public Buildings and Grounds, Mis-
sissippi River, Naval Affairs, Transporta-
tion Routes to the Seaboard, the select
committee on Interstate Commerce,
Rules, Privileges and Elections, on Steel
Producing Works and Printing Commit
tee. This list contains twelve, but of
that number it can be stated that it is
usual for the Printing Committee to meet
during the recess of Congress to open
bids, ETC., and such meetings do not en-
tail any additional cost to the govern
ment.
''The Committee on Rules also have
some work on hand, which it is conceded
must be done by the next meeting Of
Congress. There is to be a new revision
of the rules, etc, and another edition of
the digest is to be printed. Hence that
committee is to be exempted from the
operations Of the Sherman repeal. Many
of the committees named are authorized
to travel about the country in pursuit Of
information. OF this class are the COM
mittees on Indian Affairs, Naval Affairs,
transportation Routes, Interstate Com
merce, Steel Producing Works, and Ed
ucation and Labor, while the Committee
on Agriculture and Forestry is to make a
tour through the Adirondacks.
Besides the committees which have
already received authority to do recess
work, resolutions are pending to author
ize a special committee to visit Alaska,
to empower the Com n lite on Coast De
fenses to visit the different points and in
vestigate the subject of the protection OF
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Fisheries to look into the fisheries, and tc
direct the Committee on Claims to com.
pile and collect information.
SHOULD the pending resolutions be
adopted, thus increasing the list of com
mittees having authority to compile ol
investigate and to travel to fifteen, not
counting the Printing Committee, the
contingent fund would have to be very
large to cover the expenses incurred
The aggregate expense of all the commit
tees would not probably fall below $780,
coo, as the trip to Alaska would necesa
rily be costly one"
Speaking of to-day's caucus of Republi
can Senators, the Star says the caucus
virtually decided 10 begin thorough
system of retrenchment. Another meet
ing will be held Saturday, when step
looking to a reduction of the number o
officers and employees will be taken. TIL,
building leased from B. F, Butler fo
committee purposes is to be SURRENDERED
at the end of the first year, and some o
the present committees are to be abolish
ed. All this cannot be accomplished be
fore next winter; but so much as can b
done in the way of retrenchment will b
carried out at once, and committees vii
be appointed to make other reductions
It has been found that over 800 person
are on the Senate rolls, drawing annual
Iy in the aggregate about $3.50, 900.