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FORTY WANT TO TALK.
There VIII Bo u Long Debate on Bland's
ssigniordge Bill.


WASHINGTON. Feb. ls-The house spent
the day Oh the Band seigniorage bill, the
principal speeches being those by Culber,
son OF Texas, in favor of the measure, aud
Coombs of New York, in opposition.
Several times to-day Bland attempted TO
reach an agreement for closing the gen
eral debate Tomorrow, with q view OF So
curing a vote, but objection was made.
More than ~ members have asked Tor
time 10 speak, and il may he possible a
special oIdar will be required to bring the
bill TO vote. but Bland does not think
this method will have 10 be resorted 10.
The speaker laid before the house the
Hawaiian message from tho president
transmitted yesterday. IL was read and
referred TO the foreign affairs committee.
Johnson, republican, of North Dakota,
Bankhead and benson, democrats, OF Al
ALBANIA, favored the coinage OF the bullion
and selgniorage. Coombs, democrat. OF
New York, opposed the measure. On mo-
tion of Band the house went into COM
mittee. Bland endeavored TO make an
arrangement to close the debate at
o'clock tomorrow, but was met with n
chorus OF objections from the republican
side. Kilgore finished the speech begun
last Friday in favor OF the seiguiorage
bill. Bell, democrat, of Texas, opposed
and Culbcrson. democrat. of Texas. Ia
vored the bill. Warner, democrat, OF New
York, announced himself in favor OF per.
mi,iing the government to coin and Issue
all kinds OF money.
the debate closcl for the day and the
house adjourned at :55 p. IN.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-Thc problem Of
settling the Uintah and Uncompahgre In
dians has engaged the attention of the
house committee on Indian affairs for
some time. Rawlins Of Utah has bill
before the committee by which the Indians
will be given lands in severalty. 81 acres
for each head of family, forty acres FOR
each of the Others. He proposes that the
remainder OF the land be thrown open TO
settlement, settlers 10 be allowed l60 acres
at sl.25 per acre, mineral lands aud lands
containing timber of commercial value 10
be excluded from the plan and governed
bo existing laws. The Untahs hold 2.2OD,-
90 and the Uncompahgres 100000. or
2.soO acres for each Indian.
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The IintA Seizure.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-Thc mixed com.
mission which has been considering the
claim OF the South American Steamship
company against the United States gov
crnment in tue famous ltata case has rom
dered a decision. The commission over.
ruled the demurrer interposed by Judge
Shields, counsel for the United States, to
the claim Of the South American Steam.
ship company for Ei7,0oO damages grow.
ing out OF the seizure OF the ltata at San
Diego in the summer OF 1891. The demur.
rer is based upon the claim that the seik.
TIRE was made with probable cause and
the Itaia being in the employ temporarily
of the Junta government, the lpuque gov
crnment of Chill itself was responsible
for any damage that might have bceu
done the company. Al tha, remains for
the company TO do now is TO prove the OK.
tent of damages sustained through the
seizure of the vessel.
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SAID 1T WAS ACCIDENTAL.
A ST. Louis Physician Shoots His wife
and His Son.

ST. Louis, Feb. l3.-Dr. Arthur Deus
trow walked into the police station shortly
before o'clock this evening and surren-
dcred himself, stating that he had acci-
dentally shot his wife. Deustrow was
locked up and il was learned later that
the doctor had shot both his wilo and
5-year-old boy. The child was killed but
the wife is still alive. DR.. Dcustrow is q
son Of tho late Louis Dcusirow, the Gran
ito Mountain millionaire. The recovery
OF the wife is impossible.
For some time past the couple have not
lived happily. From the wounds on Deus
trow's head it is thought lie attempted to
kill himself after shooting his wife and
child. About o'clock he drove up TO his
residence accompanied by a man. Soon
after shots were heard aud Dlestrow APP
peared at the door with his face covered
with blood. Then be drove TO the police
station aud gave himself up. II is thought
lie is suffering from a pro,racted spree or
else is tcigning insanity. The couple
have been married four years and moved
In the most exclusive circles of German
society.
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Wants TO lie President.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. l3.--At to-niaht's
meeting of the republican league of Ohio
Governor Mckinley responded TO the toast
"Our Country and discussed the effects
of the democratic tariff legislation at con-
siderable length. He predicted the next
house would be republican by large ma.
jorlty and that in 1895 the people would
restore the republicans to the control of
the national administration. lie said I:
"People want change and they want it
bad. They want It sooner than they ever
dreamed they would want IL. aud they
never wanted to vote so badly in all their
history as they do to-day They are tired
of their contract before the period of It's
legal termination; they are tired of this
tariff tinkering, bond issuing, debt in
creasing. treasury depicting, business
paralyzing, wage reducing, queen restor.
ing administration
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DISCUSSING HAWAII.
The Senate Manages TO Drag Through
Another Unintere.ting Day.

Ihe senate Manages to Drag through
Another Uninters.ting Day.
WASHINGTON. Feb. l3.-The Hawaiian
resolution was again the subject OF dis
cussion in the senate to-day. Gray re-
sumed his argument is support of the
presidents policy and reiterated the
charges that the revolutionisis were de-
pendent on the United States minister and
the United States forces for the support
Of their movement, and thereafter the
provisional government depended abso-
lutely upon the United States forces and
flag for the protection and for the mainte-
nance Of the government. The full sig
niflcance Of tho present Hawaiian situa-
ton came out at the close of the senator S
speech when in colloquy he admitted that
as a member of the foreign relations CON-
mittee he understood the efforts of the
president, moral or diplomatic. to restore
the queen were at an end and the present
minister OF Hawaii had no directions to
pursue further diplomatic negotiations to
that end.
The bill making the first Monday in
September, labor day, legal holiday, was
reported from the committee on educa-
tion and placed on file. At 6:i0 p. m. tho
senate adjourned.
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The New Jockey Cub

NEW YORK, Feb. l3.-Not more than 100
persons we're present this afternoon at the
meeting called by the new jockey club. A
much larger attendance was expected.
James II. keene presided and reviewed
the work thus far done by the organiza-
tion committee. He said the rules would
be strictly enforced, forfeiiures carefully
looked after and every person, whetheran
executive officer or not, If he committed
an oiTense, would be summarily dealt
with. In reply to question by promi.
nent bookmaker, keene said the club Will
not take cognizance of betting except
where an objection or a reversal of the
judges decision occurs. No reply was yet
received from The Coney Island Jockey
club and the conference committees of
both clubs may meet later in the week.
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A New>papsr Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ia special car
attached to the Pennsy lyania limited left
this afternoon with a distinguished party
of newspaper proprietors and publishers,
who vii! attend the annual meeting of the
associated press in Chicago Tomorrow
The party embraces the representatives OF
leading papers in Philadelphia. New York
Baltimore and Washington. Others from
New York and New England 90 ives; by
other routes. The meeting will be un
tloubtedly the largest and most represent
alive gathering Of newspaper owners and
publishers ever assembled in the Unitel
NIaIps
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Wants TO be Retired,

WAsHISGToS, Feb. 13.-Major Charles
b. Throckmorton has applied to be placed
on the retired list of the army. This is
the officer who has been rendered the post
of assistant superintendent of street
cleaning in New York city. Major Throck-
morton is now under sentence Of suspen-
sion and cannot be retired under 30 years
of service by law until that sentence ex-
pires, which is about year from now, un-
less ii is committed. HIS petition for COM
mutation is now before the president.
Neither can he accept employment from
the city of New York until retired, the war
department holding that il he accepted
another Office while under suspension he
would lose his army place.
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LEXINGTON. KY, Feb. l3.-Aiiss Pollard
will arrive tomorrow aud the taking of
depositions in tho Pollard. Breckmridge
case will commence Thursday morning.
Seventy witnesses have been summoned
and Miss Pollard viii attempt to substau.
tiatc the charges made in her suit. Colonel
Brecknr,dse will introduce score or
more of witnesses in rcbuttal. The pro.
cecdings will take up several days.
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WAsnlYCToH, Feb. i3.-Shoup OF Idaho
gave notice In tho senate to-day OF a mum
ber OF amendments lie intends TO propose
TO the Witson bill. Tie amendments
make grapes dutib!c5) cents per barrel
Of three cubic feet capacity, or trac-
tional part thereof; plums AMI prunes
cents per round; lead ores and lead dross
~ cents; silver ore and all other ores
containing lead = cents on the lead con-
iained therein; molten and old refused
lead run into blocks and bars and Old
scrap lead fit only TO be manufactured,
cents, and lead in sheet, pipe, shot and
lead wire, 2k cents.
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WAsHINGToS, Feb. l3.-The house com.
miitcc Oh judiciary decided to report fav.
orably the resolution for an invesiia alton
into tho course of Judge Jenkins in re.
siraining the employees of the Northern
Pacific from quitting work. The vote in
the committee stood to 6. Senator Villas
OF Wisconsin appeared before the commit.
tee and urged that the matter is SO i'm
poriant that IL should not be considered
without legal advice because Of apparent
conflict between the legislative and judi
ciul branches of the government.
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THREE MEN RUN 1T.
Wilson Writes About the Condition of
Thlngs ~ Grove City.

Things ~ Grove city.
sreclal pispatcn 10 the STANDARD
HELENA, Feb. l3.--Arthur Wilson, the
mining superintendent who investigated
tho condition of the colored men at
"Groye City," writes from Radersburg to
Duke Duiriuelle, one OF tho representa-
tive coored men OF this city. He says he
has seen two more of the men who came
TO his house, "lt appears from what they
say that. there are three men in the camp
who rule the whole thing and compel the
others To do Just what they want them 10
do, such as writing letters 10 the papers
both here and in the east. These men,
whose names are Howard, Lively and
Corbin, appear 10 have sent all their stock
east TO be disposed OF, and OF course are
most anxious that nothing should appear
to prevent their doing so. As far as sign
ing the letters sent 10 the papers. all the
men say that they did not sign, but that
these three men signed for them. IL ap-
pears that the letters in which the men
said they were perfectly satisfied with
their lot and had everything they wished,
was gotten up by aa agent of Grove, who
came out TO the camp and got the mems
names.
"Wllson says he talked over the te.c-
phone to one Of the mems friends in Hell
ena, who had lot OF provisions he
wanted 10 send out. Howard was in the
Office and sent word to Helena that the
provisions we're not wanted. Speaking of
the two men sen; to Helena, one of whom
has since died, Wilson says there was
absolutely nothing in the camp for sick
man to eat. and II he hadn't died of the
disease he would have succumbed 10
slarvatiou.'
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Inihe Crn,raI Amor can War.

NEW YORK. Feb. ia special 10 tho
World from san Salvador says battle
took place at TeguiciGa!pa tc-day between
the forces of Ortiz and vasqueE, Ortiz
opening breach in the defense Of the
city. Ten were killed during hand TO
hand Il ght between regiments of infantry.
OrJlE claims the victory aud says the road
to Tegucsalpa IS now open. Telegrams
to Amalpa. however, say the city is still
in possession OF yasqueE.
The troops Of Honduras, under Villela,
have again defeated the rebel forces under
Bonlla. After the battle Vlllela marched
towards Tegueigalpa to the relief Of Vas
Quez.
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WRECKED ov lHz CLIFF.


Crew of the Minnie Rowan
ScITuATE, Mass. Feb i3.-Sevcral un-
successful attempts were made to-day to-
rescue the crew of the schooner Minnie
Rowan. discovered wrecked of the cliff
early Monday. The crews of two life
saving stations are engaged in the work
OF rescue. but could accomplish nothing
because of the heavy sea. 4 half dozen
of the schooner's crew were in the rigging
and the captain. with a broken leg, was
wrapped in blankets and lashcd in tho
main shrouds.
AZ last life boat got under the
schooner's bow aud Captain ST. John was
lowered by n rope over the side. 4 limo
from tho lie boat had also been made
fast 10 him, but when the captain was al
most within reach OF the men in the boat
the vessels crew refused TO lot 20 their
end of the line and pulled the captain
back on board again. just then heavy
sea swept the boat away. and though she
struggled to get back alongside, the crew
of the schooner made no further attempt
TO get into it. The life boat then returned
10 tho beach.
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THE STORM SUB BSiDiNG.
some People Were Killed aud Much
Property Was Destroyed.

BERLIN, Feb. l3.-At Lucjenwa lde, IN
Brandeuburg, a factory chimney was
blown down, killing ID persons and injur-
ing many others. A factory chimney was
blown down ai Piuie!n. in Casset. and
caused the death Of two persons and the
injury Of several. Much damage vas
done by the storm in Hesso and Waldcck.
The storm at Cuxhlven was the most yio-
lent experienced in years. The Danish
schooner E,lida was driven ashore and n
boy drowneI. The remainder OF the crew
was rescued. The English bark Lake
Simcoe Is also ashore. The crew was
saved.
DENVER, Feb. l3.-Railway men report
that in Kansas there are snow drifts Is to
- feet high. One Of the Rio Grande con-
ductors reported his entire tram blown
from the track near Palmer lake hy a gale
blowing 20 mics an hour. Another train
was blown from the Rio Grandc & Vest
ern track near Pennington, CIah, and a
number Of people injured.
BARBoCRsyILLE, Ky., Feb. l3.--A severe
cyclone is reported near Red Bird creek,
Harlem county, with great loss ~ hfe.
Mrs. Skldmorc and q . year old son and
another woman are reported perishcd,
while live stock and property suffered se-
verely.
BosroN. Feb. la.-All the New England
towns and cities report great cmbarrass-
ment from the storm. IlayeFhili Is buried
under two feet OF snow and drifts ar, ~
feet deep. At Lynn the street ear cempa-
MES have given up the fight. Lowell.
Salem and Gloucester report severe
storms.
KANSAS CIIY. Feb. l3.-The Guthrie, o.
T., correspondent Of the associated press
denies the reports Of deaths or suffering
rr..I., 1.ull
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LITTLE HOPE FOR WOOL.


finance sub-committe devoted nearly all
day to work on the tariff bill. They held
a brief conference with Voorhees,. Tho
whiskey tax and the bonded period will
be considered tomorrow. II looks now
as II sugar will DO allowed to remain on
the free list and that the income tax will
be retained. The subcommittee has DELI
nitely decided not TO change the wool
schedules in tho house bill. The wool
men have not, however, given up the fight,
but say they will appeal from the decision
of the committee TO the senate and are
putting in good deal of time laying the
facts and arguments before the members.
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Internal X venue Rrcripts.

WASHISCT0y. Feb. lJ.-Reports of inter.
nal revenue receipts for the first 10 days
OF the present month arc j,57g, III against
si.Jlj,s for the corresponding period last
year. The treasury officials regard This as
a sign OF returning business activity. II
is a significant increase by reason of the
fact that since the beginning Of the fscal
year till now, tho internal revenue re-
ceipis have constantly decreased.
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t;.publicau, Orrnntzirg.

ISDnNAPoIs. Feb. l2.-A meeting of
the republican league clubs OF Indiana
was held to-day to perfect the republican
organization of tho state. District man
ayers and delegates at large 10 the Denver
convention we're selected. In the evening
u mass meeting was addressed by ex.
President Harrison and others.
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KoRoNo, Ind, Feb. l5.-Calvin Arm
strong. the Upton county deputy treas
urcr, convicted OF em0eESilng $500 OF
tho county funds, escaped jail here last
night. lie WAS not missed ill this mora
ing. He was 10 have been taken TO the
penItentilry this morning. hv had ac-
cotupices outside.
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Kii,.d In the Hurricane.

BEsLIT. Feb. IA barn, near Bense.
lin. in which number of school children
sought shelter during the hurricane to-
day. was blown down. Five children
were killed and a number injured.
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MILWAUKEE. Feb. Is. The steamer
Roanoke. from Milwaukee for Grand Ha-
veu. NJ ch., out in yesterdays storm and
for whose safety grave fears were enter
tanned. with - persons on board, arrived
safely.
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BATH, Me-, Feb. lS.-Firo destroyed the
Bath Iron works this morning. Loss, $780,
coo, partly insured.
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Death of an Auihor.

MouyT CLEMENS, Mich, Feb. l2-Ed-
ward Irving Darling, the New York
author, composer and critic, died to-day,
aged 81.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-The president
has nominated Eugene Townsend super.
intendent Of the Philadelphia mint.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1894-01-06
Col. =. r. Sanford's Lecture.

Last Friday night had been fixed
upon by the managers for the lecture
of Col. J, P. Sanford, on the old
times and the new,' and the people
were very anxious to hear him. Un-
fortunately the clouds which had been
hanging over US for ten or twelve days,
began to give out their treasures, about
7 o'clock p. IN. and did not cease pour
ing their floods upon us until about 10
O'clock. The steets were flooded and
of course people could not turn out.
On Saturday morning the Both of Dec,
the rain had ceased, and the eloquent
lecturer was kind enough to speak to
an improvised audience in the court
room.
Being obliged to leave on the l2
o'clock train, he cut bis lecture short,
but nevertheless entertained the au-
dience for an hour and a quarter. He
was very interesting from beginning
to the end of his remarks. The au-
dience was delighted, and could have
listened to him for hours without fa-
tique, or safety. He promised to
return at some time in the future, pro
uided arrangements be made by the
managers here with the organization
at Louisville. of which be is a member.
He is certainly an instructing and in
teresting lecturer in fact we do not re-
member ever to have heard hiM ex
celIed.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1894-01-06
Methodist Appointments for 1894.

At it's recent session at Homer, the
Louisiana Methodist Conference made
the following appointments for the Ope-
lousas and Alexandria districts:
Opelousas District-J. NJ Beard, pre-
siding elder; Opelousas, E. T. Densen
and Washington McManley Plaque
mine Brulee, j. F. Wynne; Plaqueminc
and Rayne, T. S. Randle Crowley, W.
w. Drake; Abbeville, J. j. Kelly New
Iberia, ]. 0. Bennett /; Franklin II. Arm
strong Lake CHARLES. J. A. Parker ;
Jackson street and West Lake, F. G.
Hocutt; Pattersonville. E. L. Single
tary Sulphur Mine, j. w. Lee; Grand
Cheniere, W. V. Van Valkenberg; In
dian bayou, w. j. Porter; Lake Arthur,
Elton Wilson Jeanerette, j. E Riddle {;
Morgan City, C. NJ. Lyon; Cypremort,
Joe Berwick.
Alexandria Districts. j. Davies, pre-
siding elder; Alexandria, T. j. Upton ;
Evergreen, j. F. Scurlock; Lecompte
and White Chapel, H. S. Johns; Sims
port. j. r. Roy; Melville and Big Cane,
j. E. benson; Spring Creek, R. E.
Grace; Dry Creek ; H. M. Barks; Mont
gomery, j. F. Patterson Ada, Wilson
Moore; West Centreville, w. F. San
ders; Columbia, C. T. Mulholland /;
Boyce and Colfax, G E. Mcdonald ;
Pineville, j. S. Sanders; Bayou Chicot,
J. B. Kent; Winsfeld, j. w. Turner F;
Nugent Mission, to be supplied.
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U. S, Mail Contracts.

The general public knows very little
about the ways the government adopts
for managing the U. S. mails. 1t seems
that there are peculiar features in this
department and that individuals avail
themselves of them to carry on specula-
tiOns.
In letting out contracts for carrying
the mails the Government officials give
apparently but little attention to the
speculative purposes of shrewd indi-
viduals For instance the Government
sells the contracts to the lowest bidder
who can give satisfactory security for
the performance of the duties imposed.
No attention is given to the residence
of the bidder, nor to the number OF
contracts he makes. The consequence
is an individual who lives in the State
of Missouri has taken the contract for
carrying the mails from Opelousas to
Leonville in st. Landry, three times
per week a distance of abont twenty
miles being route No. 1914, at the
price of $l53O0 per annum. There is
no telling how many such, the same
individual has taken. He contracts
with some one here who is called a
subcontroctor, and who does the work
for less than the Government has con-
tracted to him. Thus the reader
perceives he does no part of the duty
and nevertheless speculates on the con-
tracts and this too, under the sanction
of express provisions of Post Office
laws. A firm of Cleveland, Teun., has
taken about SO postal Routes under
contract in Louisiana from the Gov
ernment and offer every one to sub
contractors. This is a successful
scheme for speculation, and it'may be
right, but to an unsophisticated OBJ
server, who is entirely ignorant of the
latitudes and platitudes of the Postal
laws, it must appear1 a little strange
or, peculiar.
The conclusion we have reached is
that individuals, and not the Govern
ment, are running the machine to a
very great extent. Individuals too,
who are entire strangers to the coun-
try and the people. How long will it
be, if such things continue, before all
the functions of Government become
vendible, and capitalists have the
privilege Of running them to suit them
selves on the simple condition that
they pay up according to contract ?