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PERFECT The TARIFF.
,;,tee on Mays and Means
D Mans Out the work.
mi, labor DURING THE HOLIDAYS
..,res VIII he Mnde-New
DeveF ,u.tr.ct for Eastern
r,,a. Reported-ho"se.

-, %. C., December II. - The
VIM .,,ae Of the ways and means commit
!. prepare tariff bill for the coming
:, congress was the only topic OF
'p '.,so about the house today and met
y general approval among the repaoli-
W a is expected that the bill Will
~, forward very early in the extra
I'd nassed under a rule fixing time
-. 90 that its fate will be in tn.
The senate early. All Of the r,-
H. members of the ways and means
.ru,ee have been reelected to the next
and 1t Is assumed that Mr.. Reed
\ !. .ssin chosen speaker and will not
sss the personnel of the committee, so
,hsrs is no probability any effort
:, No made to do the work over again.
,..v Chairman Dingloy had a confer
y Nth AIR. McMillln OF tennessee. the
", aemocratic melnber OF the commit
va officially stated the republicans
AIR Dingley said that the hearings
s'u, would begin with the holiday re-
"a continue through the holidays.
..arsnt them from dragging along m
.i..lv limited time may be assigned
ns,imony relating to eacn Of the most
rriant schedules
/, probable the democratic ways ana
- members will have consultation
ma tariff within a day or two, al
,,h Of course any opposition they might
NJ to offer to the taiiii programme
n no merely matter of form. They
All pleased at the suggestion that MIR.
,,nds. the independent silver member
\ Nevada. who is a protectfbnist. be
I, Mr.. Crisps chair al the committee
4, Speaker Reed seldom consults with
nInority about committee appointments
ms not done SO in this case.
r.rtn features of the new tarin bill
n been practically decided upon already
d, republicans. Chairman Dingley is
,soiy for the statement that the bill
n h framed to prevent the use OF the
I'D warehouse by importers 10 escape
rayment OF higher duties as they were
n when the Mckinley bill was passed.
! txt this there will be a clause proVId-
\ that goods in storage III bonded ware
Inn will, when the law goes INTO eject.
the rate Of that law and not those OF
wilson act in operation when they en-
nd
nu. schedules of the Wilson law which
N proved satisfactory 1t Is said. VIII
N disturbed.
member of the committee spoke OF Tie
aksle as the most likely to remain UNI
ncd as having been guarded by demo
bic yotectionists in the senate. lie SAID
Nd h..p N mann.
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Washington, December II The house
committee on judiciary voted today to fav-
crahly report the bill creating the judicial
district Of Eastern Texas, which was vetoed
by the president during tho last session
The veto was OH :he ground that the emitted
States judge who holds court at Paris.
Texas, was oyerworked, but since the bill
was vetoed iew has been enacted trans
ferrng jurisdiction In criminal cases ir the
Indian Territory from Texas to the Indian
Territory courts
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Washington. December An attempt
was made Thursday night at Accotink
bridge, Virginia to wreck the Chesapeake
and ohio express known as the i. +. v.
leaving Washington at II 1872 a. m. for Gin
cnnati. Accotink bridge is n short dis
lance this side OF Rayensworth. Engineer
Fowler noticed the obstruction and brought
his train to a standstili, and discovered a
lot Of ties laid across the track. The crew
removed the obstruction and the train pro
ceeded. No arrests have been made
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The Nnjuh Lost.

Swansea, Wales, December II THE Brit
ish ship snringwel. Captain Klunnn. from
Liverpool on December 8 for Galveston,
has arrived with two survivors Of the Cor
man ship ltntah Of Btemen. which left
Csrdif on Wednesday last for Hong Kong.
She capsl2sd 10 a gale mar LundS IsIand
at the entrance o. the Bristol channel
Nineteen # INC Ralah's rev were drown
Cd The two survivors had been drifting In
. boar for Twelve hours when thoy we're
ntr KIDD IL
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Leaycnworlh Kan. December 1.-THE
Santa Fe rec.ivership case which was las.
Monday remanded to Judge Myers court by
United States Judges Foster and Thayer
came up In the district eolrt. aTgumcn
consuming the entire session. The decision
is not expected Immediately.
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bicycle Scores.

New York. December 1.-THE score at
midnight In the bicycle tournament was
Forster 1885,. Reading 1879; schok 1854;
Taylor 1914; Smith l5Ii: Moore 1900; Pierce
1887; Ashluger 1853, iladloN iias. Cassidy
1876; Cannon ll,s, Click i0ii; Mcleod
lli2
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says that the Salier struck at s O'Clock on
the evening of December &c was an
rarently driven ashore by gale from the
westward. This dispatch says there were
III persons on board aud that twenty eight
ponles nave been washed ashore aud were
cared for by the inhabitants.
befiin. December IA Iispatcn to the
Cologne Gazette from Corunna says that
while it Is true that tho North Herman
Lloyd steamship Salor left Antwerp with
only 2lo passengers. she embarked more Mt
various Spanish ports and the cprresrond-
cnt estimates tho number Of victims of the
disaster at 400 to 500
Madrid, December ii.--A dispatch re-
ceived here from Villagaria estimates the
number Of victims Of the salier disaster
at 400.
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Washington. December 1.-THE reports
Of officers and number of interesting talks
were the features OF today's session of the
Son Partisan Womens Christian Temper
ance union convention. The secretary sen
eral. Mrs Ellen J. Pinney Of Philadelphia
reported that the union had dwindle1 from
so TO 20 members. and only OF these had
paid their yearly dues She urged the as.
sociation to undertake fewer objects and
put greater energy into the work of tenn
varnppe
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Washington, December 1.-THE meeting
Of the ways and means committee Of tho
house formally adopted the programme for
work on a tariff bill, which will be held on
Monday instead of tomorrow, as had been
int snded
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Washington. December 1.-THE unoiti-
c,al repcrts from Venezuela that serious
agitation has sprung up against the bound
ary settled and agreed upon between Inc
limited states and Great Britain nave
caused much surprise and no little concern
Z, ofrcial ouarters here. Minister Andrade
and MIR lanes storrow we're 10 have sailed
from La Guayara the seaport OF caracas
,os,ordov moon. on the Red p steamer
PHILADELPHIA. and the boat was expected 70
raarh New York December Ia. MI An
la nod cabled the time of his leaving
vs. si,en i'm the Associated Pross dIspalen
on thc day ii was received and Aad hnded
nm of0c,al cable to Mr. Olney' stating tha'
president Crespo approved the agreement
and would call az extra session OF coAs'eS'
to ratify II. ,r,s ,hat Mr.
Andrade and Mr. storrow WIN nor leh .',',, a,
~ tbe agitation against the settlement, IS
~, 80 o,ohar-psg and possibly mpeTl! me
~ sr'. or,,itrsmeut. which had been conn
Ius, :" erneeted at an early day. Cp 10 the
49,, line President Crtspo mas hv-
ron,d an extra session ana lhirls 49,
mus, eSpirc nficr the can nstole ess.t.p
mssts This has led TO a question: NmN '.sa
NauAyUelu SHOULD hNtt t+i' 80
z e,,-s session converting only enc
O. 9Th al before the regular session OF Fen
ruary ,s which reached
,,. ny nm The last steamer are pc
Wa oS, nsref,,lly scanned but they are very
, rnsrded and appear to be sueiess 20 some he
government Amusement en- We yI''eS ,orrow
arrival Of Mi Andrade anu ~. cses.
- heir conferences with Preslneh,
IN" a ,ner not mentioned. the only refer nee
20 o,I arc an ne euosiatic welcome TO ~ stor,
T cehs La Liberal treats the sctiien an,s a "a
aSw and says il can lot anIy s,a
sa, but establishes a great freee'
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Washington December ll.-Representa'
tive Boatner Of Louisiana has introduced
bill increasing tho salary OF the speaker OF
the house from $4,000 to 10000 and sena-
tors and representatives from $4,000 to
$500
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

take Laxative Bromo Qu.n.ne Tablets.
All druggists refund the money 4 Il fails
10 cure. &c.
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Power. nm Opposed.


Washington, December il--hepresen'-
,,ive Rel of Texas a member Of the COM
.,,,,,oo On pociec railroads TODAY presented
-, ,r,,,s, ,ho
to the house minority report AGAINST 'h'
Powers bill. He opposes the bill on the
ground ,bo, If nroposes TO increase the in
s'""',' "a 80. 1T, 4.
deptedhess oil 'he RACINE 'oA''' "''NA 10
covered by the first mortgage and prior
lien to tho government lien by Sl6,o0o, ono
"N' W 1s ;,.h.o,.
ordinate 10 inns ih,Iease9 ne Yn,,.Sr.
ne asserts li.at "H,,. Ia at,onnn, 80 et,,s
plans the eoilpaules Win a'.er' :" aon1
security 10 ,ne suren.' 1a n,,isod tn toi,a
lien II the government - opl'Seu ~ In 'a"s
10. ., ,.o,,td no eventi,allv under The
That il would De e', , unrer 'ne
POWERS pni' u s,s non ono Ia hoias ,bs,
additional aept OF Flo,uuuvuv ~, i,1d ba
the properly o, ,ie so, . ,nn,id ta nortt
gwen secohu ner ~. n. ~, "V 49, ,,,or,aogo
less IMAM ,he ai'ouns W w ~ ,n1at,od
Mr. beit recommends w., ,',"t aovornrnnnt bo
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observations taken by the United States
wea ther bureau at p. IN. yesterday. 15th
meridian time.
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LOSS or THE SALIER.
continued From First PnaeJ

the Castle line off Ushant. on the north
western extreme of France, in June last. Az
In the case of the Salier, the weather pre-
yious to the wreck of the Drummonh cas.
tie and the loss OF nearly 2ao people, hau
heen very heavy and was followed by thick
weather which prevented Captain Pierce,
her commander from seeing the light When
no believed he was far enough north. Cap
tain Pierce ordered the helm OF the i'rnm-
mond Castle to be ported and with me
rain and fog headed her on the nlght OF
June l. on northCasterly curse ior the
Bristol channel But he was apparently out
Of His reckoning for the Drummond Castle
seems To have run AZ full speed on ledge
of rocks extending from the Island oil Mo-
lene. half way between tshAnt ana me
mainland of France. to olhcr ana smarter
island The conclusions, Il was gcnerally
admitted at the time, must nave ripper
tho steamer uren from stem to stern, ana
size apparently pitched over The reef oud
sank almost Immediately In deep water, for
ma race Of her was found Like thn iirum-
mond Castle. IT is believed that the Salier
was making the best time possible under
the circumstances for after leaving Bremen
rho gailer had touched AT Antwerp ana ms
nor, and her commander was anxious 10
have his vessels head pointing 90 ner Noy-
age across the Atlantic.
one theory as to the cause Of the DIS
oster is that the Salier's steering gear "as
carried away while she was meaning sTouhn
the rocks for Villagaria and that she thus
became unmanageablc and was driven uron
Inc reef. which is about two and pae-hali
miles from the land. The passengers Of
Inc sslior. It is conjecture1. must an or
nearly all have been "a their oeriAs IN the
gtetrage at the time the steamer struck. 1t
il thought the greater majority OF thHm
were drowned before they could "Hmale out
an dock for no bodies with life pros arYers
en- Nave been found so far as taoNn at
present.
Baltimore. Nd December 1.-THE
North-German Lloyd steamer salier
vrecfed on the nieht Of December :. of the
spauish coast. left this port on September
q last for Bremen. II Ia not thou9nt here
hat apv change has been made IN her 0'H'
cers which, AZ the time, wes as follows
Cantain. II. A. WeInpe nrst officer. =.
Gestriachor: second officer, NJ Miltzlnn
fourth officer. r. Gewecke. first engineer.
+ Zellman: secold engineer, G. Rose third
engineer. W b. Rockman fourth engi-
neer. r. Rabe pnrsur II krook steward.
e Caneila; chicl cook. f. Koch
London. December 1.-THE Daily Mail
has dispatch from Vigo, Spain. which
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington, December ll.-Ai the night
session of the house thirty-thrce bills We're
favorably acted upon. There were no feat
ures OF the session
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'uelnston, December l1.-This was
u bill day in the house and seven
salms, carrying an aggregate of slS,-
'ae favorably acted upon by the com
sd the whole, as follows:
aN Peter Cook of Arkansas 1904 for
ana supplies used by the Federal
Nv 10 pay Augustus p. Burritt S5l30
Eu& OF the steamer Mamie during tho
oMy Flora A. Darling $3.50 in sat
H'Ne OF her claims for arrest and i'm
satnt and the seizure Of her property
M Orleans in 1851. to correct the mus
francis A. Benton as a captain OF
.v4nn United States colored cavalry
w accordingly; to pay to John A.
- s.iso Tor services as assistant quar-
er az Cincinnati in 1861 80. and to
,oe claims to Major James, Srewart.
'" SAFES army, retired for longevity,
lne court Of claims.
\. ,ne nrst two however, were passed
= mousse, as Mr.. Dalzell OF Pennsyl-
n. @aae an attack on the bill for the
NJ ~ nrs Flora A. Darling and devel-
@s iact that she was the wife Of
sNsrate general
sns'on, December 1.-The house
s s'E passed bill to prohibit the sale
~ IN the capitol. and today at the
- OF The session Rev. Cowden. the
,,il fact. w IA us 'h'ooa'''n
ssu aalk thee, oh Lord" said he. that
y, 80 20 no longer responsible Tor the
HI e,ni,", "lthh the halls OF the Ma
Nh sa Grant, We pray Thee. that
huIss seu Yesterday Will go through
~. oaahneis ana speedily become
hd opr Nah To be repealed in the his
il p naas oil the prayer was greeted
elM Usual usual demonstration. Half
hsssf pso% s applauded vigorously, but
(Gs "se' promptly suppressed the out
h, - !, s. of Mr., pingley. the floor
Nan md. agreed that when the house
n h,,,s II be to meet on Monday.
p Of ~, resolution extending until the
hn, na s session the time in which
u tahisa,H MISSION for the investigation
il msn,o Vi rebate on tax on alcohol
sostea. 'S OF arts may report,
H. MN Friday the house, on motion
r. l,,o Mhl'n DemD OF Tennesgee,
ass,stloDD n y. Of the whole Tor the
a OF bills Of the private calen-
a'as IA passed TO pay Peter Cook of
Fss,r,l 10. loF stores and supplies taken
Ssrs p " ppS during the war; to nay
sanhr., n,fritt s5l30 for the use OF
" din :. Mamie during the war; 10 re.
'eastluo,i%s William T. Buckmastor for
snst Of eI,i, N inc steamer oswego TO
ssa P s visins. The senate bin TO nav
s'.o, n. D,asekmastor s2a .ssS for The con-
9 eades u, N, boiler Of tho steamer o..
y ear rra's,ssiinitely postponed
sas b, ilu fayorably acted upon the
Ia tuu 10 pay Mrs. Flora Darling
M on, OUT sa,isfaction Of all claims
" si,s,a her arrest. im~sonment
e OF her property by military
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London. December 1.-THE Daily Mail
has a dispatch from Vlgo, Spain, which
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-06-18
NO. 81.

Mr.. Vest was listening and nodding ap
pruyinEly 20 Vance. aud the gOod-na-
iured, big Mr.. GRAY talked earnestly
20 his seat mate. Mr. Carlisle. who
looked absolutely wornout with hard
work and the effects Of the long. hot
summer. Gibson. Of Louisiana. listened
wearily TO his neighbor. Mr. Blair. who
was an intruder on the democratic side:
and Pasco. OF Floridl, and Turpie. ot
Indiana. sat as quietly and seemingly
a. dead 10 the world a. Rufus Blodgett.
Of New Jersey. The most uneasy man
in the chamber was senator Hearst. OF
California He visited the republican
clcakroom for awhile. and finding
things too duh there went hack to his
own side and chewed on a cigar which
he was. apparently. just dying 10 light
senator Vance is now on the other
shorr. but he was very much alive on
that night senator DOlph was not re-
ELECTED. and i no longer here to trouble
the senate with his singular perform
aners. Nearly all Of the men who werr
present on that occasion have gone
20 glory or TO private life The stately
ingalls,. Of Kansas. who was president
pro tcmPore. Is statesman out OF
job. and realizes that political life - ar
iridrScrut dream. senator Hale Is StiF
a memb-r % the senate. IA Just as hand
some. fully as well dressed. quite as sar-
castle and given 20 cratorical efforts
from day to dav as Of yore- Dolph has
gone out of public life and will never
again steal an audience which belongs
30.
the handsome New York statesman. ha.
long been in retirement, having been
suce-eded by David b. Hill. the Sar-
castle and aggressive ex-governor OF
New York. who Is willing 10 he presi-
dent. senator Evart<. the learned. the
legal authority. the ~ cabinet minister.
the orator with long sentences. all %
them classical was succeeded by sen
ator Murphy. Senator Sawyer has gone
back 20 Oshkosh. and little senator
Mitchell. Of Milwaukee. occupies his
place Senator Edmunds resigned fivs
years ago. and eN-iov. Proctor. Of Yer
mont. was elected 70 succe~d him The
changes have Eeen nEmerous. but the
quality Of statssmanlik- timber has no,
d-terioratesi
Senator Blair. OF the Blair educational
bill notoriety. IS a visitor in Washing
ton. his place in the senate having been
taken by DR. Gailinger. who j. now
chairman Of tn. committee on pensions.
and quite a worthy sample OF New Eng
land statesman Senator Carlisle - uoyx
secretary ot the treasury senator Glib
son. Of Loui-ians. no longer entertainS
in the democratic eloakroom. With hrs
inimitabis stories with morals Seua-
tor Blo,lErtt. Of New Jersey. has gone
back 70 the sand lots of jersey. and ir
his placr is james Smith. the only sen
stOr with a natural. unaffected. simon
pure. perfect and almost fabulous fog
horn for VOICE
We have managed 70 get aIoEg with
out night se=Sinns - the Fifty-fourra
congress, but tho Apallinaris watcr has
recently been on tap in the eleaSroonis
Il Is furnished on; q " hat Is called th.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-06-18

contingent fund OF the senate. and dis
hursed under the discretion OF the SEP
gsant at arms, who makes himself Pop
ular with the senators bv keeping
plenty of lemonade on hand during the
hot weather. Taerr j. a very black
man in the republican eioakrcom. and
a partially black man in the demoerafie
cioakroom. and these employees keep ths.
rooms clean. comfortable and well sup
Piled with the creature comforts y hich
come only 10 senator's. milIion1ires and
news spapcr men There j. some honor
in being elected to congress a. n mem
Der of the house OF representatives: but
he who is ambitious viii aim at the sen
ate. where for six wears a man NAV live
like 4 lord. and the poor patient people
pay the expenses That man who can
be elected twice to the senate can spend
l. years in luxury; and after that
amount of pleasure in one lifetime.
man ought 10 be content to return horns
and live with his neighbors, or else
gather up his feet and be laid away with
his fathers. But the average states
man. when retired from congress. set
ties down in Washington az a claim
agent. and lives ever afterwart regret
ting his retirement. and daily initiating
Wolsey in bidding farewell. a long
farewell. TO all my greatness"
SMITH D. Fay.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-06-18
AN IMPORTANT MOVE

Meeting ct the Executive Csmmfft-~ -
the National Association OF Wanafze.
tarers-The Nemb-rsaap saa se.p~ 81
Work OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fed
er.i Ait snt ssusytag Fsr-sxa Mrsho<ts
CHICAGO. June f3-Thc executive
committee Of the National Association
Of Manufacturers met at the Audi
tortum annex yesterday. There were
present. Theo {. Search. Of Phiiadel-
phis. president; Z P. Wilson, cincin-
natl. secretary: Warner Miller. New
York: G. c. Mitchell. Chattanooga:
John h Howarth, Detroit; Charles Z.
Lock, New York: Edward H. sanboru,
PhfladelPhias Franklin Fish. south
Bend; Thomas r Egan. Cincinnati:
John B. KIRK. Chicago. aud Robert
Laidlov. treasurer.
In calling the meeting 20 order Pres-
ideut Search said:
The work Of the Lass four mouths
has greatly broadeaed the member
ship. and nearly every manufacturing
industry Of Importance now has rep
rescntation In the assocEation- >us-
pictous Of political purposes have done
great injury to the association Our
business motives and business meth
DDS have irapr-ssed themselves on the
business men. and it Is now pretty
generally understood that the asxoci-
tiou is essentially and wholly bust
ness affair
The president said he regarded the
bureau Of publicity recently estab-
lished In Philadelphia under the direc-
ton of Edward H. Sanborr. one of the
most important acts Of the executive
committee. Much good had also been
accomplished at Washington in con-
sular reforms The senate committee
on commerce had In charge the plan
Of the association to create a federal
department Of commerce. and an in-
nuertial committee Of eastern men had
tss promotion in their permanent keep
ing
The president reported that the com
mittee had sent n committee Of manu-
faetHrers 70 Mexico and Robert r
Porter who had recently returned from
tour Of Japan in the association's :
interests, would soon have his report
ready for publication
The report Of the Mexico committee
would also soon be ready A repre-
study the commercial conditions there.
The establishment Of commercial
agencies In foreign countries was rec
omnended and the president an
nouneed a committee Of six 20 attend
10 the matter
July ! % pronfnen. manufaeturers
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-06-18
SOUTHERN GIEANINGS


The planting interests in the terri
tory tributary To Nieksburg. Miss, are
seriously nenacrd. and at n critical
time. by the ravages Of eharbon. or
anthrax. which. having broken out in
north Louisiana n few weeks ago. j.
killing stock and cattle Of all kinds
in great numbers, and has more
recently invaded both Arkansas
and Mississippi The Louisiana
parishes affected arr among the
richest in the state. including Madi-
son. Morehouse. Franklin. Richland
Tensas. Concordia and East and West
Carroll Phillips and Chic,it counties.
in Arkansas. are also affected. and the
disease has appeared in Bolivar. ISsa-
quena. Warren and Claiborne countieS.
Miss. II is no exaggeration to say that
thousands of mules. horses. cows and
hogs have died, and the disease i still
spreading.
Many plantations have no work stock
left To make the situation worse, old
remedies for eharbon seem Intellectual
in the most Of cases. the disease being
either more virule1t or entirely differ
eat. and, owing To the exhaustion OF the
American supply. planters are now
waiting for importatious from Paris Of
the only preventive, the Pssteur lymph
Several cases have occurred among the
negroes. and two deaths are reliably
reported in Tensas parish The dis
ease. 50 far. has been most virulent in
Tensas and Richiand parishes. whe-r
the loss to planters = enormous Cows
die in q hours after being attacked
Hogs and dogs, which devour the car
easses. speedily die. The dead animals
are being burned in order TO ds.troy
the infection