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Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
NE WIS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

In the senate on the 18th during the morn.
ing hour ten bills were taken from the calendar
and passed. the conference report on the legis-
| lative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was agreed to. The remainder Of the ses-
sion was taken up IN debate of the request Of
the house for a further conference on the tariff
bill, which went over without action. 80. In
the house three bills of general nature, re-
ported from the committee on invalid pen
sions, were passed. Senate bill to pension
Frances Corse, widow of Gen. John NJ Corse,
at the rate of 500 per month, was also passed.
The conference report on the legislative, ex-
ccutive and judicial appropriation bill was
agreed to.
IN the senate, on the Goth, about twenty bills
were taken from the calendar, during the morn
ing hour, considered by unanimous consent and
passed. None of them were OF much public in
tereSt. The house message asking for further
conference was taken up, and its discussion
twlthout reaching conclusion) occupied the
remainder of the session. .... In the house the
days session was devoted largely to the con-
slderation of business reported from the COM
inlttee on Interstate and foreign commerce,
and eighteen bills were passed The confer
ence report on the Notifications appropriation
Dill was agreed to. 1t now carries a total Of
2'4210oO, an increase over that of the bill for
the year ended June 80, 1894, of $1,000.
IN the senate. on the 27th, Senator Gray's
lnoIion TO Insist and agree to q further confer
ence on the tariff bill was agreed to without a
division, and the original seven conferees were
appointed. The conference report on the army
appropriation bill was agreed to, and some
dozen bills on the calendar were passed 49,. In
the house the tariff bill was again sent to the
eonferees and the conference report on the
military appropriation bill was agreed to.
THE house held very short session on the
2teh. Half a dozen private bills heretofore fa-
Vorably acted upon at the Friday night ses-
sions were passed, as were also number of
others, and house bills. The only thing
OF Importance in the days proceed
ings was the discussion without action of bill
to amend the revised statutes so as to give
federal courts additional powers in dealing
with violations Of the copyright law as it
applies to plays and operas A joint resolution
was adopted still further extending the appro-
priations for 1894 until August IA.
In the senate, on the Both, the conference re-
port on the agricultural appropriation bill
with the senate appropriation for the extirpa-
tion of the Russian thistle yet undiSpoSed of)
was agreed to. House joint resolution extend
ing present appropriations UP to and including
August IA was passed, as was house bill for the
publication and distribution of public docu-
ments......In the house. after the passage of a
few bills Of comparative unimportance, report
ed from the committee on military affairs, the
session was wasted in a vain attempt to secure
consideration of Mr.. McRaes bill, entitled "A
Bill to Protect Public Forest Reservations"
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
THE TARIFF MEASURE.

| The House Conferees More Determined
Than Ever Not to Surrender to the Sem
ate, and Willing to Sit Until the Fourth
of March in Their Opposition-Senat
Say Their Bill Must Pass Practically
| Without Change.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-It is appar-
| ent, even to a casual observer, that the
| house democrats have determined not
| to accept the senate bill without some
concessions. Three Of the four house
conferees, Wilson, Montgomery and
| Turner are willing to remain in ses-
sion until the 4th of next March rather
than surrender to the senate. Mr..
McMillin, OF Tennessee, the remaining
member of the house committee, is
more liberal and is willing to meet the
senate conferees in more conciliatory
spirit. The house conferees know,
however, that their position has the
Endorsement of the president and
Speaker Crisp as well as that of ma
iority of the leading members of the
party upon the floor, and this is great
encouragement to them
Last week there was considera BILE
talk of concession on the senate bill as
being better than no bill. These SEN
timents were expressed in the house
again yesterday, but not to the same ex-
tent as formerly.
Notwithstanding the deadlock in
conference, the belief was general
among the house democrats that a bill
would vet be agreed upon. The house
democrats insist that the senate con-
ferees will vet yield on some of the
points in dispute. although the senate
conferees maintain that their bill must
remain unchanged, and that if amend
ed in any vital particular it cannot
pass that body.
Senator Villas, who is one of the
spokesmen of the administration on
the floor of the senate, is quoted as ad-
vising house democrat yesterday to
stand firm. and that the senate would
yet meet them at least half way
Other senator's are said to have
spoken in similar strain to their house
friends. and it may be that this en-
couragement from the north end Of the
capitol has not been without effect.
An eastern repuOllcdH iAtoTAieu
United Press reporter that the presi-
dent would veto the senate bill if it
were sent to him for his signature.
He declined to give his authority for
the statement. but insisted that he
knew whereof he spoke. The state
ment was repeated to New York
democrat whose relations with the
president are more than usually init
na;e who emphatically characterized
II as nonsense.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

NEAR Reedsburg. O., on the 27th, by
the explosion of the boiler of traction
engine, which went through bridge
Henry Garnes was instantly killed. In
a similar accident near Lodi, O., on the
26th George Hart was killed.
On the 26th an exploring party OF
prominent men was descending mine
in West Pittsburgh, Pa, when the cage
fell to the bottom. Col. A. g. Mason,
superintendent of the Lehigh Valley
Co. was instantly killed, and three
Others were believed to be fatally in
jured.
On the 27th Richard Lawrence and
Edward Rhodes, strikers from Chill
licothe, H.. were found guilty of con-
tempt by Judge Grosscnp, of the United
States circuit court at Chicago. and
sentenced to fol ty days Imprisonment
each.
SIX men were arrested in Colorado
on the 26th-three in Denver and three
in Colorado Springs-for completely in
the tarring and feathering of .Adjt--
Gen. Tarsney at Colorado Springs.
OK the night Of the 26th an attempt
was made to wreck the midnight ex-
press, west t-bound, on the Detroit,
Grand Haven q Milwaukee railroad at
Nunica, 10 miles from Grand Haven,
Mich. Rails had been laid across the
track, but were discovered by the engi-
neer, just in time to stop his train.
Discharged employees are suspected.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
DAMAGE SUITS FILED.
Chicago and Cook County Called on to Pay
Losses Caused by the Great Strike.


CHICAGO, July 31.-Notices were
served yesterday by Samuel b. Foster,
attorney-in-fact for several railroads,
Of damages claimed against the city of
Chicago and the county of Cook, for
loss of property during the American
Railway union strike. The notices were
served on the mayor, city clerk, the
corporation counsel and city attorney,
and on the president Of the county
board, the county clerk and the county
attorney. The aggregate damages
claimed was S3S,6 $40. This represents
only about one-tenth of the actual
damage claimed, many roads having
several days left in which to file their
claims.
The roads which filed claims to-day,
with the amount Of damages, are as
follows: Lake Erie & Western, $1,000;
Detroit, Grand Haven e. Milwaukee,
S220; Chicago & Northwestern, $40;
Chicago Refrigerating line, 81, ,010; New
York Central & Hudson River Railway
Co, S345; Monon, $3.50: Flint q Pierre
Marquette, S75; Chicago & Erie, 500;
Swift Refrigerator line, $500; Armour
Refrigerator line, 500; Central Car
Trust Co, of New York, $500; Chicago
& Grand Trunk, S32, $50; Grand Trunk
railroad, s7,7S5, and Grand Trunk Co.,
of Canada, s5,235
Besides these claims shippers filed
through Mr.. Foster claims amounting
20 at least $500, 900 This was done by
the shippers on the express declaration
Of the railroads that they will pay no
claims whatever made against them
by shippers for damages to freight
handled during the strike. The Cen
eral Managers association takes the
ground that the city and county in not
furnishing adequate protection to the
railroads, are directly responsible for
all damage to freight. The damages
claimed by the railroads IN the above
list are mostly for cars burned after
July l. 1t is believed that many more
suits for damages will be filed by
shippers who lost heavily on perisha bic
freight during the strike.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 2Sth Blanche Turner, young
colored woman of Quincy, attempted
suicide at Monmouth, Ill. She placed
the muzzle of revolver to her fore
head and pulled the trigger. An ex-
plosion followed, and the bullet was
found on the surface of the skull, fat
tened like a pancake. The woman will
recover.
IT is said that the pope is about to
convoke an assembly of cardinals and
eastern patriarchs for the purpose of
discussing the question of the reunion
of the eastern churches.
On the 3Oth Charles DENLY, United
States minister to China, who is in this
country on leave OF absence, was or
dered to Immediately return to his post
on account of the China-Japan trouble
On the 30th Hon. Nicholas Fitzger-
aid, delegate from Victoria to the OF
tawa (Ont.) conference, arrived in Lon
don on his way home. In an interview
Mr.. Fitzgerald expressed the opinion
that the inter-colonial conference had
accomplished a great work. Even if
its recommendations are not immedi-
ately carried out, they will bear fruit
in the future.
Oh the 30th the president sent to
congress the latest dispatches received
from Minister Willis at Hawaii. The
first, dated July s, describes the Gus
tomary Fourth of July celebration by
Americans, in which the islanders
heartily participated, and the second
dispatch, written the following day,
relates to the new constitution, proc
lamation of the republic and the min
ister's recognition of the new order of
affairs.
Mr.. Gozo TATENo, Japan minister,
left Washington with his family, on the
31st, for San Francisco en- route for
Japan.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHOLERA is spreading rapidly in Ga
licia, especially in the western district
of Cracow and in the eastern districts
near the Russian frontier. Traffic
across the frontier has been prohibited
SUPT. CAMPBELL, of the burlington,
whose division extends through Ne.
braska, declares that it will be neces-
sary to ship corn into many counties OF
that state this year in order that the
farmers may live through the season.
Hundreds of square miles of the finest
looking corn hangs dry and lifeless on
account of the drought Reports from
the lines of the Union Pacific, Rock
Island Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe
railroads are of the same tenor.
On the 2sth the French senate and
chamber of deputies were formally
prorogued.
AN earthquake shock was felt al
various points in southern California
on the night Of the 29th. No damage
has been reported.
ENGLISH vessels at San Francisco,
unable to secure charters, will be
loaded with flour at the owners risk
and sent to China, An order has been
placed with canning company for 15,-
600 tons of canned beef for the same
market.
THE fishing steamer Louise, of San
dusky, o., seized in Lake Erie recently
charged with violating the Canadian
fishing laws, was released on advices
from Ottawa, on the 3Oth, and left for
Sandusky. The matter will be investi
gated by the customs department.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
THE PHILLIPS FIRE.

Latest Reports frem the Ruined City-The
List of the Victims Growing-At Least
Forty Persons Said to Have Perlshed,
'and the Wonder is that so Many Es-
caped'-Relief for the Suffering.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July 31.-Rev.
D. Ill. Mason, who went to Phillips in
charge of the supply train sent from
here, returned to Superior yesterday.
He said that the reports of twenty
lives having been cost were far short
of the truth. The total loss of life
will be at least forty. Eleven bodies
had been recovered up to noon yester-
day. Some of the bodies were charred
beyond recognition, but many of them
were recovered from the bottom of the
lake and easily identified. Those who
escaped had only the clothing on their
backs. The hair was singed and faces
scorched on many of the fugitives.
On account of the intense heat and
strong wind no dozen fire departments,
had they been on hand when the first
house was ablaze could have averted
the calamity. "The wonder is that so
many escaped said Mr.. Manson. In
attempting to escape from the fury of
the flames one party of seventeen took
refuge in boat-house some distance
out in the lake reaching it by means of
sidewalk built on piles in the water.
The flames slowly began to burn the
sidewalk, and as the only means of
escape back to land was thereby cut
off, the occupants were obliged to stay
in the boat-house while the structure
was burned over their heads. Only
two out of the seventeen escaped.
Other fatalities were caused by per-
sons burning to death, after having
been overcome by smoke, or by falling
from boats into the river and drown
ing. Most of those drowned were of the
lower classes and are not known out
side of the town.
1t will be impossible to know accu-
rately the loss of life. as the bodies OF
some of those who were suffocated in
the lumber yards were entirely con-
sumed.
Eight cars of supplies contributed by
surrounding cities have arrived at Phil
lips, but a great quantity Of food, bedding
and lumber is still needed. Another
call for help has been issued by i. w.
Davis, chairman of the relief commit
tee. Gov. Peck, Quartermaster-Gen
eral Auer, ex-Gov. Fifield, of Ashland,
and Maj. w. II. Upham, republican
candidate for governor, are among the
most distinguished citizens who are at
Phillips in charge Of relief commit
tees.
Besides the carloads of food, S7s5 in
money has been received. Superior
gave S235, Merrill $500, Stevens Point
$50, and two Milwaukee firms 500
each.
The captain of the schooner Moravia,
which arrived here yesterday, reports
that the smoke from the forest fires is
very bad on the lake from Kewaunee
Point to the head Of the lake. He says:
1.-THE smoke is much worse than a fog,
and coming up we could not see three
feet on the deck, it was 50 dense for
several miles,
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

PROF FALB, the Vienna scientist and
earthquake expert, is credited with the
predlctlon Of seismic disturbances on
Tue North American continent about
4 nusust n, caused by the opposition of
ule sun and moon. that may result in
enormous tidal waves, in which the
u'y ot New York is likely to be en-
suled. Notwithstanding the pro
y :vSSor has predicted phenomena of sim
aIr a., nature that have transpired on the
o'her side Of the ocean, it is to be ex-
pected that New Workers will continue
y 10 business at the old stand until
ne shock comes.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
On the morning Of the Goth Charles

On the morning of the Goth Charles
Wilson was hanged in the ST. Louis jail
for the murder of Nose Hodges, Novem-
Der s, 1892.
NEAR Grondo. Russia, on the 26th,
large steamer collided with a ferr-.
boat, sinking the latter. Fourteen Of
the ferry-boat's passengers were
drowned, and eleven We're fatally in
jured by being crushed when the boats
came together.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in
Macedonia. Old Servia and Eastern
Bulgaria on the 9th. Mary houses at
Varna, Bulgaria, were damaged and a
number of people killed as result OF
the shocks.
On the 2Sth the town of Phillips, Wis,
was swept by flames from the burning
marshes and woods. and of the 800
buildings in the place all but thirty
seven were destroyed, entailing loss
of nearly S1,500,00 and resulting in the
death of at least sixteen persons, with
probability of many more being added
to the list when all the facts are known
Forest fires have also destroyed much
other property in the state; also in Min
nesota.
On the goth the steamer Pathfinder
arrived at Ashta bula, o., and reported
having struck and sunk small
schooner, supposed to have been the
Glad Tidings, in the river few
miles below Detroit, Mich, at 1870 a..
m. Life boats were lowered, but none
of the crew of the sunken schooner
could be found, and it was supposed
that all were lost.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS
Cotton Crop Estimate.

MIR. III. Nj. Neill, the well-knovn cot.
ton statistician of New Orleans. has is
sued circular letter, estimating tho
cotton acreage for the growing crop at
21,OOO,000 acres, and the probable out
put of the growing cotton crop Is only
10 per cent. better yield per acre than
last year, at least 5000, 600 bales. In
this he allows 2,45o, 900 for Texas and
6,450,000 bales for all other states.
In putting forth these figures Mr. Neill
qualities them by saying that ii is impossible
at this early date to forecast the growing crop
with certainty, and while this suggestion OF
crop is given as conservative calculation, as
probabilities. it must not be forgotten that the
promise to-day is equal or superior to any
previous crop in every state. and that if each
state should realize product equal to it's
previous best crop, we should have an average
production for the country OF 2I6 pounds per
acre, which on 81 100000 acres would give a
crop of about e.600,000 bales. or course much
may occur to blight this brilliant prospect but
the conditions at present, he says, are so good
that nothing but calamity such as, with per-
feet conditions at so late period rarely oc-
ours, could bring the crop down to even so low
o figure as $500. eco bales
Mr.. Neill figures that on the basis of an s. 9O0-
600 crop, allowing American spinners to take
$4,000 more in lS94-5 than the past year and
with European consumption and supply from
other countries the same Us during the current
year there will be left over to be added to the
visible supply more than 1000 600 bales excess
by September l, 1895, compared to September I,
1894, unless such decline In prices should
occur as would stimulate consumption ana in
duce spinners tc carry very large invisible
stock
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04


c.r 1F JAMES BRIcE, in his American n
nollInonwealth," declares that the
n.'fi. neSheSt point he discovered in our re-
psoiiean r. system is in the department
:; municipal government; that the ad-
,H'St ~ Stfatlon of affairs in most, if not
on 49, u our larger cities is a conspicu-
j. ana lamentable failure. Other
ss;S al'-ly friendly foreign critics have
tr,., ne same, and the unpleasant
tsl,;n INIT : very generally conceded by in
bsent and thoughtful observers at
WY NJ II Is fact, however, that our
bors. bahness lies almost entirely in the
H.: -e ol foreign boodlers who worm
MAJ: way INTO the municipal political
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

PEOPLE who have been complaining
Of the music Of the calliope on the Mis-
sissippi should be thankful they have
not in their midst the young man on
the Ohio who makes a perfect imitation
of the calliope with his mouth and can
be heard two miles. When that chap
goes serenading there is no doubt about
the presence of music in the air.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

THE casualty list Of the Chicago riot,
was twenty-six killed, sixty-one in
jured This is the result of strike
which, according to testimony present
ed in court, nobody ordered and which
had no directing leaders. The court,
however, is somewhat incredulous, and
after the dog days are over will en-
deavor to find out who is responsible.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

IF the Chinese have no better weap-
ons than discarded arms bought in Eu-
'ope ther superior numbers will not be
worth much to them. If John expects
20 succeed in war he must buy his
weapons from the Mclean man. We
'ah as easily supply the Chinese as we
dn Mt out our revolutionary brethren
u me sister republics Of this continent.
we are still doing business at the old
stand.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

II these days of bullet-proof coats
and glycerin guns, foreign war will
he full of scientific interest. To the
non-comba tant, it would seem impossi-
HE for anybody to be killed now in
hattie unless by falling out of third
story window or by being operated up
on for appendicitis.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

oNE trust has gone under spontane
ously though capitalized at IS, 900. 600
It's debts are estimated at 81, 200, 600
with assets of half that amount. II
was the Umbrella trust, organized in
1872. The cause of the failure may be
the proverbial uncertainty of this form
q property. or perhaps, the Glue trust
borrowed its capital, in which case it is
bound 70 stick to its new owner.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

THE Italian ministry are trying to
.urn the tide of emigration from that
country to Italian possessions in Afri-
a It is a good idea, and America is
rilling that other European countries
ovning territory in Africa should copy
-be example.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
wife Murder and Suicide.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 31--Thoma,
Evans. negro, aged 80, killed his wife
last evening at their home on Madison
street by cutting her throat with a
razor, almost severing the head. He
then killed himself in the same man
ner. The cause of the crime is not
known. Evidences Of a struggle indl
cate that the woman attempted to es'
cape.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

MOB law is very bad at its best, and
when the mob bungles its work it is
simply execrable. A Kentucky mob,
the other day, so far lost its head in a
lvnching affair that it was fain to ac
cent suggestions from the victim in or
der to expedite matters and render sue
cessful what promised to be miserable
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

A NEW Judge, Tillmanite, takes his
scat on the supreme bench in South
Carolina in few days, and Tillman
said in recent speech at Charleston:
I'm going to ram the dispensary down
vour throats, with the constable and
the militia, and the metropolitan
police, and you'll have to stand it
whether You want to or not"
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

Az ocean trip to Europe and back can
he made now for S1s. GA if the passenger
is willing to travel in the steerage. The
worst thing about these low prices is
that the anarchists about to be driven
from Europe will flock to this country,
and it viii be impossible to single them
out unless new restrictions are put in
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

IT is said that Japan declared its in
dependence of China a long time ago
because the mother country tried to
compel the Japs to wear cues and to
dress according to edict. The two peo-
pies have been enemies for two hun
dred years, and have been getting ready
to fight it out for long time. The
Japs at least have no cues to lose when
1t comes to close quarters.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
A Cutter shot.

Town Marshal Watson Of Murphy,
n. c., shot and killed John Deckery at
a circus. Docl1ery had been fighting.
He resisted arrest, and before being
shot cut Watson's throat 50 badly that
he may also die.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04

HvEE is timely hint for the girl
rbo is looking for the ideal husband :
non't waste time on the man who talks
about the dangers of poisoned ice
.rearn as he walks past the refreshment
.ond
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
Killed by a Child.

VIM. Huffstetter, aged "a, highly
respected citizen Of Marion county,
Tenn, was killed in peculiar manner.
He was sitting on the porch Of his
home, at Wauhatchie. when a child en-
tered the house and, seeing gun lying
on the bed, took it up playfully and il
went off. The load Of shot went through
the side of the house and struck the
old man in the abdomen, death follow
ing in few minutes.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-04
Dropped Dead in the Pulpit.

Rev. Allen II. Loray, one Of the most
prominent colored preachers Of Brown
wood, Ga, fell dead in the pulpit He
was presiding elder Of the African
Methodist church, and was on his
rounds, preaching at the different
churches. He swung nervously for
moment in the pulpit and then fell.
The congregation was thrown into con
sternation, and staid on the spot pray
ing all night.