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V0L. I-_BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, V?., THURSDAY DECEMBER 14, 1893. NO. 52.
ft H. C. L. RlramoRcL
I^HMOND* RICHMOND,
I" LAWYERS,
-TiV - ~ - VA
^vERS - - JOS. L. KELLY.
f oFFjCES IN AVERS BUILDING,
ston? Gap. Va,
JlLLlAM WALLIS,
rnRNEY-AT-LAW
I AND CONVEYANCER.
Bin Stono Cap. Va.
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ol R<?c<>rds, aud Prep?,
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bullitt & McDowell,
lTT0KN'EYS AT-LAW.
Hin STONF G AT, T A
h. a. w. SKEEN,
jXTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Off.r, in Miortl RniUing,
Big Stono Cap, Virginia.
R. T. IRVINE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
0W ... v.-., Rnlldhig, Woort Avonn?,
Big Stone Cap. Virginia.
L. TURNER MAURY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
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[ Big Stone Cap, Virginia.
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WALTER E. ADDISON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
itfi] ? hi Nickel? RMtldingn,
B:^r Stone Gap, Virginia.
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BURNS & FULTON,
ATTORN E YS.-AT-L AW,
feriu I, W ?f and Dirketispii CoHMtlek,*ftd
l?r.?' Ap;* iN at W") ?. ill*. Va.
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?UNCAN, MATH EWS & M AYNOR,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Ptiiei Si L - Rtiilding, W.md Artnae.
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
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M. C. ELY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
1 ur<*;y Cove. Lee Co., Va,
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J. w. KELLY,
PHYSICIANv.vi.SURGEON,
- I>rugS!or.\ AytM* Khwik,
Bi?T Stone Cap. Virginia.
fill Iteipnml I'nwi.j.tl.v to Calls. H*>th
Day idol Night. UMf
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C. D. KUNKEL,
PHYSICIAN andSURGE?N,
Big Stone Cap, Virginia,
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N? H. REEVE. M. D.
TREATS DISEASES OF WOMEN
EXCLUSIVELY.
Jice: Main St. Bristol, Tenn.
DR. J. C. PRU N ER,
DENTIST,
^'ce, Room No. 9, Central Hotel
%* k*' l''U ???? <, if. ihr Mo,i'lar inrarh
..- ?i>rv|?*r? idmilld raako
^ * *' f*?r !?urcL*?dlng day a Httriaj;
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s. w, thacker,
ClylL ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR,
Kttf Stono Gap, Virginia.
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1 .'.?. Va Jr,n'?Till?, Va.
?^CKSON & BLANKENSHIP,
,VrrORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Jonesvil!e, Virginia.
, ' ? . In ijMMttVHik at all tiaie?
' ? moath'A??t Virginia, a ?perialtT
S. D. HURD,
Architect,
BlK Stone Gap, Va.
spe^ifications
lfc4T,. and ESTIMATES.
' U( I'TRU is A THOROUGH AKIJ
AWISTIC MANN it R.
THG PKL?CE,
A Jonesvi!le, Va.,
' w- COUK, PROPRIETOR.
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J" liipHi',1, l!" '"??-? 'he SSottlhwcat.
' ? <!?,', ""."'?'ii iim.ri,v,Mrt,.rita and oii.ducted
, v Special ralea to regnlar
> U,H?lo h/hI ,:^rv Htt.Mitioii given
w t,M,?? cuiafortHhle S6.
?f Deputiea
who ?va. occupying a .seat in ??E
wpnty Abbe I.eiuir? and six others
were h? aml s,rl,ms]y *
?u 1-em.re is sum to 1? ,lyi
attached to the bomb, and that the ex?
plosion occurred before the missile
reached the floor of the chamber Th.
bomb burst,d?e to the head of M. L&
standing near by, instantly
An American lady, who was in the
? ?-??*-?-!
A man who was sitting next to the
oomb thrower was wounded
The bomb was thrown from an upper
Gallery All the members of the house
and all pe0p]0 in the eallcries
pa nic-.stneken.
^porter picked up from tho floor
of the house bits of metal ami horse- I
shoe nails which had evidently been I
loaded into the bomb with the explos- '
IVOS. * I
After considerable delay order was
restored among the members, and tho
business of the chamber was resumed.
WANT PROTECTION.
Boatneas Mon of Cincinnati Appealing to
Their t cngrehenien to Protect Their In?
tercuts.
Washington, Dec. 11.?Representa?
tive Caldwellis inconstant receipt of
communications by mail and telegraph
from business men representing large
Cincinnati interests affected by the pro?
posed cutting of tariff rates in the Wil?
son bill, l'roctor ? Gamble's appeal for
protection arrived Sunday, pointing out
the serious effects to the soap industry
which would follow if the rates as
j indicated in the Wilson bill be?
came a Law. The white lead and
cordage interests are also alarmed. To
all of these demands for Mr. Cald
well\s good offices with the ways and
means committee the Cincinnati con?
gressman can but file the papers and
suggest that the various industries af?
fected should make a faint protest!
against the fr^o trade Wilson bill. I5y
concerted action or the manufacturers*
of the United States something may bo j
accomplished but in no waycanaro-j
publican congressman get a hearing.
IGNORED BY GROVER.
Th? Wnnlilngtoti Civil Servier An*oclatlon
<io??? to Piece*.
Washington, Dec- 11. ? The civil
Service association, an organization of
about one hundred clerks in the treas?
ury department, has gone out of exist?
ence. The purposes of the association
were to extend the civil service iu every
way consistent with laws and also to
cultivate among the clerks a spirit of
pride in their work. A number I
of meetings were held until shortly:
after Secretary Carlisle came iuto of-I
fico. While the officials of the new ad?
ministration evinced no active
opposition to the scheme, it
i* said that they made it plain
that their wishes were that no
such association should exist About
the only thing of importance done by
the association was to forward to tho
president a petition asking him to
make it compulsory for chiefs of divi?
sions to take the civil service examina?
tions the same as clerks. Tho presi?
dent, it is said, took no notico of tho
petition.
Petroleum Off the Free List.
Washington, Dec. 11.?The protests
from Ohio oil producers against the
placing of petroleum on the free list
has had its effect The ways and
I means committee have taken petroleum
! from the free list and agreed upon aI
j provision which permits it to come in
1 free when the countries from which it
comes admits our products free. It is
reciprocity so far as petroleum is con- ?
j cerncd, and will, of course, cut out pc
trolum from Canada and Russia, which
' would be the only real competitors
with the Ohio fields.
Taking Back Mongol Bones.
chicago, Dec. 11.-?The task ef disin?
ter ing, boiling and scraping the bones
of the forty-six Chinamen, who have
been buried* in Graceland cemetery for
i the past six years or uiore, was com
; pleted Saturday, and within h couple
of davs the forty-six tin cases, each j
i containing all that is left of a Celestial,
will be shipped to San Francisco for ,
transportation by steamer to the Flow?
ery Kingdom, where they will be re
interred with imposing ceremonial.
St. LouIb Man Falls read in Chicago.
Chicago, Dee. iL?James B. Sheldon,
of St Louis, connected with the Colum- ;'
j bian Underground Electric Traction
I Co of that city, fell dead some time
! after midnight in front of the ladies'
entrance to the Grand Pacific hotel on
I Jackson street His body was found
about 3 o'clock Saturday morning.
Chicago Art Institut?.
Chicago, Dec 11.-With tho formal
opening Saturday of the Chicago art
institute, what is claimed to be one of
the finest art galleries in the country,
erected for the benefit not only of the
citizens of Chicago but of the hundreds
of thousands of visitors that come and
troevery voar, becomes unaccomplished
fact The structure itself isfamihar to
people from all over the world that
were attracted to Chicago during the
past summer by the fact that within it
was held the famous series of World s
congresses. The building complete has
i^vohed an expenditure of f600.000,
Burglars Must Answer For Murder
Chicago, Dec, ll.-Peter Prunty died
Saturday from injuries received at the
time his father, a city employe, was
killed and his sister wounded by burg
farm who raided the I>r?nty home on
November 1?. The supposed murder?
ers are in custody.
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
To Produce Sufficient Revenues for
the Government's Needs Studied.
On? of TheieU the silver in the Treaturj
?? Aueft tan He ttlllxed by the. JUru
anr? of Hilrrr Ortlftrmtei n&?ccl
Upon the Seigniorage.
Washixotox, Dec. S.?The secretary
of the treasury while waiting for the
majority of the ways and means com
mittce to agree upon an internal reve?
nue schedule which will produce reve?
nues sufficient for tho immediate reliof
of tho government while the tariff por?
tions of the bill are being tried as an
experiment, Is devoting- his time to
study of various economic problems.
The most important of these is
the silver in the treasury from
which it is believed assets can be
created by th? issuance of silver
certificates based upon the seigniorage
of the bullion now on hand without
coining the same. This idea was sug?
gested by the discovery that during- the
past administration the attorney
general had delivered an opinion to j
the effect that the issue of such certifi?
cates was fully warranted. While Mr.
Carlisle in his construction of the law
believes that in order ? toffircaliz?
profits from seignoriage he must
coin tho bullion on hand, and
yet there is the hope held out as al?
ready defined by republican officials
that the slow process of coinage can
be avoided and immediate results ob?
tained. It is probable that the secre?
tary will depend upon congressional
sanction in this matter, as the presi?
dent has already indicated he will do
upon the bond question. Cranted the
authority to issuo bonds at a lower rate
of interest than that already fixed
in existing statutes and to issuo
certificates upon the calculated scign
oirago of the bullion already on de?
posit, the administration would be in a
position not onl}- to command assets to
meet pressing demands and liabilities,
but, to create a gold reserve by a nond
issue, which congress will undoubtedly
leave to the discretion of the secretary
of the treasury. These features of tho
legislative contemplation are most sig?
nificant.
NEW CANAL,
Thai Brings Manchentrr, Eng., to the
Front?Tho Port of Liverpool fins a
<;re*t Klval.
MANCHESTER, Dec. S.?The directors
of the Manchester ship canal formally
opened the canal Thursday. The pub
lie opening will take place on New
Year's day with a procession of ves?
sels.
In 18*5, after several years of fighting
between Liverpool and Manchester,
parliament passed a bill authorising
the construction of the Manchester ship
canal. Work on the canal was com- j
ntenced in 18*7, and after many vieissi- j
tudes and the expenditure of vast sums
of money, the canal was completed.
Ships may enter the canal at East
ham by one of tho three locks. The
largest of these is 000 feet long- by 80
feet wide, and will accommodate
steamer.-, of the size of the White Star
liner Teutonic, which is nearly of 10,
000 tons burden.
Liverpool is directly west, about 40
miles, and is the greatest port in the
world. Heretofore cargoes for Man?
chester were unloaded at Liverpool and
transported by rail. All that will now
be done away with.
OPIUM SMUGGLERS SEIZED.
Inspector Ilerony Makofl a Couple of Ci?p- j
turc/b nt Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 8.?Ing Doc Toong and ]
Mon Too are locked up at the Central j
station charged with Icing opium,
smugglers. M. D. Hereuy, Chiuese in?
spector of the United States, customs
department, has been watching them
for two weeks, and becoming con?
vinced that they were illegally bringing
opium across tha border, caused their
arrest Ing Doc Toong was preparing
to leave the city and had already
bought a ticket? for Cincinnati. He was
arrested at the Dearborn Street depot
late last night when waiting to take a
train. In his satchel he had several
cases of opium. Mon Too was found in
the office of Chang Ceo Wag, where he
was talking with the physician. He
was placed under arrest, and after a
brief search eight eases of opium were
found hidden in a pile of papers in the j
doctor's office, for the possession of j
which neither could give a satisfactory
explanation. _
DR.' MEYER'S JURY.
The Alleged Poisoner's Tri?! I* Now In
Progress.
NKW York. Dec. 8.?The jury to trv j
Dr. Ii. C. Meyer was completed at -I |
o'clock Thursday afternoon. Ninety]
seven citizens had been examined!
Thursday before the two empty seats
In the bos were filled, and cut of 700 j
citizens summoned on special panels)
during the weck S70 had been exam
incd. j
The jury is composed of exceptional-j
\y intelligent I.usineso men. Assistant
District Attorney John I*. MclntyreJ
who prepared the case, made the open-j
ing address.
Mr. Mcintyre spoke nearly two
hours and detailed what was probably j
the most fair and. at the same time, j
the most heinous of machanelian crimes J
ever heard within the walls of a New j
York court-room. When ho described
the last days of the unfortunate Brandt!
and thu sad :;nd fiendish methods of
the defendant a perceptible shudder
ran through his more than attentive
listeners._
Hntlroud Disaster.
Richmond, Va., Dee. 8.?A Blue field
(W. Ya.) special to the Dispatch says:
"A terrible accident occurred on the
Ohio extension of the Norfolk & West?
ern railroad, 1"> miles west of this
place, in which Engineer W. F. Stocker
and Fireman W. 11. Ilain lost their
lives, a portion of ther train being de?
tached while going down a very steep
grade. Engineer Stocker was running
his engine at a high rate of speed to
avoid being run into by the hinder por?
tion of his train, when his engine left:
the track and turned over, with the
ibove result. One brakeman of the;
3t*jw lost n foot"
'Vinter Manoeiivers*
Berlin, Dec 8.?The entire crop of ;
guards stationed at Spandau, Potts- j
dan, Berlin and Lichtenfelds will
shortly engage in winter manocuvers. j
Pioneers and engineers will test the ice
in the Havel ut Brandenburg to ascer-i
tain its strength, etc. Ice boats and
Esquimaux dogs will be used in the
?nanoeuvers.
F1F1Y-THIRD CONGRESS.
Second St?ri?lon.
; washim-.to!? Dec- .'. ^NATir-Fifty-sl*
senators were in their -e*?, w hen Vlce-Presi
dt-nt Stevenson called that auburn oody to or
der ?t high noon Monday. This number was '
i subjuqucn'ly increased to fifty-nine. Without I
the transaction of any preliminary business,
beyond ihr rhaplnln's rrayer. Messrs McPher
son and Shi rman were- appointed on behalf of
ihe senate to Join a similar icmmlttte of the
house in waiting upon the president to Inform
him that congress was in formal session thore.
A recess of an hour waa taken to give the com?
mittee an opportunity to porform its errand,
which would extend for an additional half hour.
The reading of the message, occupied flfiy.flre
minutes, when the senate, at 3:55, adjourned un?
til noon Tuesday.
Hocsk-After the roll-call In the house Mon?
day, Charley Grosvenor made his appearance
in front of the clerk's desk escorting Hesekiah
S. Bundy, who has been elect'd to IUI the
vacancy caused by the death of Gen Enochs.
Mr. Lay ton introduced a bill in the house Mon?
day which bears heavily upon the pension ques?
tion. It provides that no pension shall be res?
ponded until the pensioner shall have ninety
days notice, and that the charts and such evi?
dence ajrairmt him as may be on file in the
pension office shall be communicated to him.
Mr. Layton says this Is ?imp'.o Justice, giving
the accused a chance to defend himself 'ihe
president's mossngc was read, th? announce?
ment of the death of Representatives Lily and
O'Neil were made, fnd the house ^Mourned out
of respect to their memory.
Washington, Dec. fi-SKNATE-The senate's
brief session of two hours Taesday was con?
sumed by a Rpeorh from Mr. Doiph irep., Ore.),
adverse to tho administration policy on the
subject of the Hawaiian Islands. He intimated
that that policy wns the result of a desire on
the part of the present administration to dis?
credit the action ar.d policy of Its predecssor,
and expressed the desire that Mr. Cleveland
had been a little more explicit as to how ho
proposed to undo ihe alleged wrong and to le
store the former status. a resolution calling
on the president for cr pies of Instructions given
to United States ministers and naval officers
on the subject of Hawaii since 18*1. 'ras ofTered
by Mr. Hoar (rep., Mass.), and went over with?
out action.
HorsK?Consideration of the bankruptcy bill
wns Tuesday resumed In the house, an arrange?
ment being n.nde by which general debate was
to be limited to six and one-half hours, those
opposing tho bill to use four hours, and those
favoring it two hnd a half hours Messrs Terry
(dem., Alabama), Stockdale idem . Mississippi)
and Hretz (dem., Ind.) made speeches against
the bill, while Messrs. Layton (dem.. Ohio? and
IJoatner (dem.. Louisiana), advocated Its pas
s?ge. Bills were paHsed giving relief to those
who had purchased forfeited railroad lands,
settlers upon the Mille Lac Indian reservation
In Minnesota, and legalizing cash entries to
cenaln land* In Mississippi. Alabama and
Arkansas. At 4:M the house adjourned.
Washington, Dec. 7. ? SENAT??Wednes?
day's events In tho senate place the adminis?
tration In a position of defense. The Hawaiian
policy of the president was vigorously attacked
by Senators Hoar, Sherman and Hill. Senator
Mills iTex. i rushed to the defeuse of the ad?
ministration. Senator Vllas (Wls.) also spoke
In favor of the president's Hawaiian policy.
Senator Voorheos introduced two bills, ono de?
claring a pension a vested right; regulating
suspensions of pensions and granting appeals
to the supreme court of the LMstrlct of Colum?
bia: the other dcttning sundry actions against
the United States in the administration of the
pension laws.
House?Mr. Hitt <Rep, 111.) introduced In
the house the following resolutions, which
were referred to the committee on foreign
affsir?: "Resolved, Thtt the president be re?
quested to communicate to thin house, if not in?
consistent with the public interest, copies of
the instructions given to the representative of
the- United States now in tho Hawaiian islands
in regard to tho protection of the lives nnd
property of American citizens there, or any
contemplated chr.ngo In the form of govern?
ment. Resolved. 1 hat It Is the sense of this
house that intervention by thft government of
the Unltod States, its representatives or armed
forces, In the affairs of a friendly recognized
government to disturb or overthrow and substi?
tute a monarchy therefor Is contrary to the
policy and traditions of the ropubllc and the
spirit of the constitution," ?
Washington, Dec. 8.?Senate?Mr. Voor
hces introduced a joint resolution in the senate
authorising the secretary of war to grant per?
mission of the use of the grounds in the monu?
ment reservation and other public reservations
on the occasion of the Pythian conclave and
encampment In August, lHfrt: passed. Tho fol?
lowing bills wore also passed: House bill to
amend the railway land forfeiture acts; senate
bill granting to the state of North Dakota, for
the use of its militia lands heretofore set apart
as a wood reservation for Fort Tottcn's mili?
tary reservation: a private relief bill appro?
priating > 3,000 fur damage done to a farm In the
District of Columbia during the wnr of there
beliir n being the farm on which Fort Sedgwick
was erected, gave rlso to a discussion which
wns continued over an hour, and finally the bill
was passed?yoas, 3ft, nays, 11. Adjourned till
Monday.
Horse?Among the executive doouments
laid before the house was the! annual report of
the quartermaster grnernl'of the army. a res?
olution was reported from the committee, on ac?
counts authorizing the employment of several
additional clerks and laborors and assistant
doorkeepers, in order to bring tho capital force
up to a standard of propor efficiency. After
some general discussion the resolution was
adopted with an amendment eliminating one
additional clerk for the disbursing ofdec. On
motion of Mr. Meyer idem. La) the house
wen: into cemmitfe of the v, hole io consider
the resolution providing for the appointment of
a Joint committee to investigate the rank, pay
and matters relating to personnel of employes |
in the navy. The morning hour having expired, i
the bankruptcy bill was taken up and discussed
until the hour of adjournment.
Washington, Dec. U ? Senate-Mo. In ses?
sion.
HorsE?The house of representatives Friday
by a vote of 101 yeas to 92 nays struck out ihc
enacting clause of the Torrey hill pnnldlng for
a uniform system of bankruptcy proceedings in
tho United States. This vote recorded by tell?
ers In the committoo of the whole, was after?
ward emphasized by a yea and nay vote In tho
house, where II- members paced themselves,
on record by namo against the bill and 11 In,
favor of It. Congressman Sayres. the chair- J
man of the appropriation committee, assured j
the members of the rules committee when they
asked him regarding hin plans for the appro- j
prlations bills tint he would not introduce any !
of them untii tho tariff bill was out ef the way, j
but that when he began the introduction and!
discussion of the appropriations bills la tho j
house he would expect for them the "con?
tinual right of way" until all bills are dis?
posed of.
Washington, Dec. 11.- Sknatk? No session
Saturday.
Houss?No business of importance trans?
acted Saturday.
Claims Against the Chilian Government.
Washington, Dec. 11.?Through
Messrs. Johnson nnd Levy, of Cincin?
nati, attorneys for tho heirs of Kenja
rain Swift, one of the owners of the
schooner Florida, who was killed and
cremated by Chilian convicts, a claim
has been filed against the government
of Chili for $137,000. The heirs are res?
idents of Cincinnati and Pmston.
Kuforclnjr the CKco Law.
New York. Dec l'.?'ihe war of the
New York mercantile exchange against
the illegal sale of oleomargarine con?
tinues to wage without mercy. During
the past two months kiearly a hundred
easss have been successfully prosecuted
and one-half that uutnbcr are still
awaiting judicial termination.
Actor Thorne i>jr!n?r
Sax Franc-ISO. Cal., Dee. '.?.?Charles
Robert Thorne, the veteran actor, is
dying at his home in this city. He is b3
years of age, and the fat her of Charles
Thorne, who died about ten years ago.
f? inalo University Horned.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 8.?Tho
Southern Female university of Ala?
bama was entirely destroyed by fire
Wednesday night The loss is esti?
mated at $i.r>,000.
Prof. Tyndall'a funeral.
London, Dec, 8.?The funeral of Prot
Tyndall will take plaee at Haslemere,
his homo in Surrey, on Sunday.
DISPOSED OF.
Th? Haokr-aptey Din Settled! la tho Haas?
of Representative*
Washington, Dec. 9.? The house of
representatives Friday by a vote of 101
yeas to 92 nays, struck out the enacting
clause of the Torrey bill providing for
a uniform system of bankruptcy pro?
ceedings in the United States. This
vote recorded by tellers in the commit?
tee of the whole house was afterward
emphasized by a yea and nay vote in
the house, where 142 members placed
themselves on record by name as
against the bill and 11 in favor of it.
The bankruptcy bill has been before
the house certainly tire yoars, which
has taken up works of every session of
congress in almost endless debate. It
was disposed of by the Fifty-third con?
gress Friday morning in leas than five
minutes.
For years past commercial bodies all
over tho I'nited States have been peti?
tioning congress to provide some uni?
form system of bankruptcy pro?
cedure. It was two (/clock when
CoL Gates (Ala.) who has been in
charge of the bill after announcing
that the general debate on the bill
which has been running some three
weeks all told during the extraordi?
nary session and the present session
was closed they moved that the house
go into committee of the whole to dis?
cuss the bill by paragraphs. This was
done. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, at this
juncture asked Col. Gates to permit the
substitution of a bankruptcy bill which
he had framed for the original Tor?
re}* bill. The difference between the
two measures lay In this that the
Torrey bill provides that a debtor may
be forced into involuntary bankruptcy
by his creditors while the Bailey bill
provides only for voluntary bankruptcy
on the part of the debtor. The Bailey
bill is favored by the southern con?
gressman Congressman Gates refused
to permit the substitution and thus set?
tled the doom of the Torrey bill. Be?
fore a single member could under?
take to debate any provision of
the bill, Mr. Bland, of free silver fame,
coolly moved to strike out the enacting
clause of the bill. Ho was supported by
the entire southern contingent, only
the republicans and a few northern
democrats voting against him. In less
than five minutes the formal report
was made to the house that the com?
mittee of the double house had moved to
report, the Torrey bankruptcy bill back
to the house with the enacting clause
stricken out Mr. Blaud immediately
demanded a yea and nay vote on the
adoption of tho report, which after
some discussion whs taken with the
above result
IRON AND STEEL.
The Market Pniettled ? Prices Remain
Weak.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 9.?In the raw
iron and steel market, at Pittsburgh,
conditions remain more or less unset?
tled and pretty much the same as they
were las* week. The dominant factor
in the local market is the proposed tar?
iff changes. Tho fact that many kin?
dred industries will be injuriously af?
fected by the new tariff bill forecasts a
curtailed consumption of raw iron and
finished steel. A prominent furnace
man said that he believed the worst
features of the new tariff bill had al?
ready been discounted, and that when
the new bill goes into effect about the
present scale of prices will be maintain?
ed. The furnace reports for December
1 are expected to show a further decline
in the stocks at furnaces, while the
production will show a small increase.
In tho finished material market prices
continue weak and favor the buyers.
Some large contracts for structural
iron have been closed during the past
week, and the prospect for this class ol
work Is somewhat brighter. In the
steel rail market no new developments
aro reported. Sales Friday include
5,000 tons of steel billets, .January to
June, at f 10.75; 2,000 tons Bessemer,
December, $11.50; 2,500 tons Bessemer,
December and January, $11.15; 1,00(1
tons gray force. December, $10.50.
NEW COUNTERFEIT.
A Close Copy of the Trraitirjr One (Inn.
dre?I Dollar Xnion.
New York, Dec. '.?.?The treasury of?
ficials in New York have had their at?
tention called to a new counterfeit $H'<
treasury note. It is a production by the
photograph, pen and ink process,which
is very slow, but, in the opinion of ex?
perts, a very dangerous process. Tim
particular counterfeit presented was of ?
tho series of 1S90, letter B, and its most
marked defect was in t.ie portrait of
Farragut, which has a longer nose than!
the original, and a more outward curve'
of the upper lip, losing the determined
expression of the face. The imprint
"Bureau Engraving and Printing" in
the right border, is missing. The spu?
rious note is creased in imitation of the
silk thread. The color of the back of
the note is darker than the genuine,
and the lathe work poor. Particular
warning is made of this counterfeit, as
the number, seal and check number
aro likely to differ.
Scnteueed for Life.
dedham, Mass., Dec. 9.?The jury in
the case of August Languor, charged
with the murder of Miss Mary Emer?
son, a woman 70 years old, for whom he
worked as a farm hand in West Ded
ham,rendered a verdict of murder in the j
second degree. Langner was sentenced j
to imprisonment for life. In an inter !
view later he maintained his innocenco
of the crime, reiterating his statement
that he had never injured Miss Emer?
son in any way.
Fire Bugs at Wheeling, W. Va.
Wheeling, W. Ya., Dec. 9.?An in?
cendiary fire at Middlebourne, W. Va.,
Friday morning, destroyed the Baker j
hotel, tho business houses of James
Smith and Eli Kolzebue, and three
small dwellings. The loss is about:
$15,000.
The lire broke out in Baker s hotel in j
the rear portion and from there spread !
to Kotzebue's store and the other build-!
ings adjoining. There had been no fire
in the portion of the building in which |
the blaze started. The fire brigade was !
entiroly helpless. Thero seems to be
uo clew to the incendiary.
The Cholora at Constantinople.
London, Dec 11.?A dispatch to the!
Standard from Athens says: Cholera
has assumed dangerous proportions at
Constantinople. The Greek residents
there complain bitterly of the inhu?
manity of the Turkish doctors.
MAJORITY MEMBERS
Of the TVbjb and Meani Committee Take
a Vacation-Tariff Bill Completed ao V%r
as I)n(l<?n und Caatomi Are Concerned.
Washington, Dec 9.?The majority
members of the ways and means com?
mittee granted themselves a few days'
vacation. They were at the treasury
until long after midnight Friday morn?
ing poring over the customs schedules
with Secretary Carlisle, and when they
adjourned the bill was completed so
far as the import duties and the cus?
toms administration features are con?
cerned. No meeting of the committee
was held Friday morning, nor is it
the intention to meet formally
again until Monday morning, when
the entire committee including both
democratic and republican mem?
bers will be present- The Wilson
bill will then be formally laid before
the committee and adopted by strict
party vote. It is the expectation*o*
the minority members that they will
be able to file their report on Wednes?
day, when Mr. Wilson reports the bill
to the house together with tho minority j
report
No agreement has been reached on
tho internal revenue feature of the
bill. Indeed the committee is as help- '<
lessh* divided in opinion regarding tho
most important features of internal
revenue taxation namely, as it
was whon it first began tho
consideration of the subject. It has
been definitely determined to doublo
the tax on cigarettes, and to impose :v
lax of from five to ten cents
per pack on playing carls. It
has also Veen determined that
legacies and inheritances will be
taxed together with the not earnings
of corporations but whether a tax will
also be levied on incomes above $V)00
a year has uot yet been finally de?
cided. The majority members nre un?
able to state what rates of taxation
they will levy on these sources of in
eome.
They have just received a scries of
computations from the treasury indi?
cating how much revenue oan bo de?
rived by various rates of taxation, but
no definite conclusion has teen reach?
ed. Tho situation, were it not grave,
would l>e amusing. Chairman Say res,
of the appropriation, is holding back
his appropriation bills; because he says
ho must know how much of a
deficit the Wilson bill will produce
in the revenues of the government be?
fore he can finally determine on his
appropriation for the expenditures of
the government The members of tho
committee on ways and means on the
other hand are holding buck their bill
for raising revenue by internal taxa?
tion until they can loam how heavy
the expenditures of the government
will be under the bills to be passed by
the appropriations committee. The
outcome will probably be that
the haphazard bill for raising internal
revenuo will be introduced in the house
with the understanding that it is to be
amended while under discussion, and
finally perfected while In the senate.
It can be definitely statod that no rate
of taxation has yet been decided upon
for whisky. Indeed, it is not even
known that the tax will be in?
creased at nil. The subject that
arouses the most interest is the
sugar schedule. Congressman I!<>at
ner, of Louisiana, and the other mem?
bers from sugar raising states, who are
most earnest in their efforts to amend
the sugar schedule of the Wilson bill
by imposing a duty on sugar and sur?
rendering the bounty, find themselves
confronted with a new danger. Mr.
Boatner is undoubtedly in a position to
bring about a caucus of the party but he i
is hesitating just now because he has ,
learned that while the democrats from
the v.-est will support him it) wiping
out the bounty feature of tho bill they
havo canvassed the house and have se?
cured the support of some forty or
more democrats who are oppose 1 to the
imposition of a duty on sug.?r. This
new element of opposition Ins shown
Mr. Bontnerand hiscolleaugues that by
agitating the sugar schedule unduly
they run the grave risk of having thi
bounty abolished but not any duty <?n
raw sugar imposed. Chairman Wilson
is understood to be ready to co-rent to
a caucus. As has been indicated in
these dispatches the demand for a
caucus has been growing ever since the
members have returned to Washing?
ton. The Alabama and the West
Virginia members are particularly
insistent In their demand for a
caucus. They believe that no other
way can they avert the ruin that
threatens their constituents by the
proposition to place coal und iron on
the free li.it. The agitation for a caucus
will probably reach it* head \>y the. end
of next week, when as one of the mem?
bers of the committee said Friday tha
the party will probably decide that "it
had best wash its dirty linen in its own '
back yard."
Two Children Burned.
Kansas ( itv. Dec 9.?At H o'clock
Friday morning Mrs (?. F. Nichols
locked her two little children, Freddie,
aged 3 years, and Minnie, aged years,
in a room while she went down town.
During her absence the children played
with the stove and were fatally burned,
the body of the boy being burned to a
crisp.
Burglars Loot a store.
Pome roy, 0., Dee. 9.?Burglars en?
tered.!. X. Kathburn A. Sons'store, at
Rutland, and stole about $500 worth of
merchandise, including lfl watches.
The safe was blown open but they got
nothing from it There is no clew.
-? ^ ? ?? ? --
Couslln'a Trial.
Chicago, Dec 9.?At the opening of
tho CoughHn trial Friday Judge Wing
began his address to the jury for the
defense. At the conclusion of his
speech the taking of testimony began.
It was announced that the first witness
for the state would be Ex-Pol ice Capt
Villiers, who would tell the story of
the finding of Cronin's body.
Seizure of the Itata.
Washington, Dec 9.?The Chilian
American claims commission has filed
a claim against the United States f^r
$22.%?ti-J for the seizure of the steamer
Itata during the Chilian war.
Threats of Tramp?.
TcscoN. Ariz., Dec 9.?The order of
the Southern Pacific railway that no
tramps will bo allowed to ride on
freight trains may result m bloodshed.
There aro B>5 tramps camped at Lords
burg, who threaten to derail passenger
trains if the order is enforced.
IN DANGER.
Democratic Members Combining With
a View to Making the Passage
Of the Hill Impossible Cnleee the [* uu
Putt Certain Amendment? to Itmtore
Certain Special Industries? They
, Have Not Agreed How to Act.
Washington, Dec. 11.?The Wilson
bill is in danger. Democratic mem?
bers of the house of representative* are
endeavoring to combine, with a view
to making the passage of the bill im?
possible, unless the home puts certain
amendments to it that will restore
special industries which they or their
constituents are particularly interested
in, all of which are afforded protection
by the McKinley law.
Within a few days representatives
including Louisiana members, some
from Alabama, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Connecticut, conferring together to m e
whether the combination had sttflicient
strength to be formed. They have
not agreed upon any definite line of
action. The plan man}* have been talk?
ing over, contemplates drawing tip a
schedule including various articles
upon which they want increased pro
tection, pledging each man combina?
tion vote for amendments necessary to
have the entire list in the incorporated
bill.
To carry this plan into operation nil
members of the combination would be
pledged to vote for the amendment
fixing the sugar schedule to the satis?
faction of the Louisiana men. They
would all vote for taxes from iron
ore and coal to pacify the men inter?
ested in these products, so on through
the list.
The promote r of the scheme is work
ing very quietly, and is averse to any
publication being made of his move?
ments. Sperry (Ct.) Sunday evening
sat-' ..-thing definite had been done,
e' did not know what might be done.
He said there was a great deal of dissat?
isfaction with the bill among the dem?
ocrats. If all could be combined there
might be sufficient changes to make the
measure more satisfactory in those sec?
tions of country that suffered most
heavily.
VOLCANO LIKE
The Condition of Affairs In Hawaii-Pres?
ident Dole Doesn't Need Anybody's Aid.
San Francisco, Dee. 11.?The latest
from Hawaii is brought by the schooner
Transit on November 20. The Bulletin
published a letter from Minister Willis
in which he said he wished his remarks
in the Star to apply to the entire press
of Honolulu.
The steps taken by Minister Willis in
his interview with the Star, which was
rovised in proof by him before publica?
tion, caused considerable anxiety in
government circles, owing to tho inti?
mation that any breach of the peace
would be punishable by the American
minister. To a reporter his words
were: "Any trouble precipitated on
the other side would be stopped at once
by the United States forces."
On the morning of the 17th, the day
after the Alameda left, ('resident Dole
called upon Minister Willis to learn
how far the authority of the Tinted
States was expected to be carried iu
ease of an emergency. Upon his re?
turn it was learnetzthatthe provisional
government was fully satisfied tvith
Che explanation and limitations matte
by Minister Willis.
It is the general opinion that the
original language used by the United
States minister conveyed more than ho
intended it should. It is understood
that President Dole very clearly in?
formed the minister that the provision?
al government commanded the situa?
tion, and would require no aid from
the United States unless it was
called for. Tho president assured
the minister that any breach of
peace which might occur would be
speedily dealt with by the Hawaiian
government. The provisional govern?
ment received assurances on the points
mentioned which were perfectly satis?
factory. It is understood that Minister
Willis said he would stand back of the
present government until the present
difHctxlty was settled.
MINISTER THURSION
Going to Hawaii to Stiffen I lie Haekhono of
President Dole.
Washington, Dee. il.? There is no
longer any doubt that Mr. Thurston's
prospective visit to Hawaii is for Ihc
purpose of urging President Dole to
maintain a firm stand agai list surren?
dering the control of the government.
Well knowing that annexation is out
of the question, it is paid by Mini-ter
Thurston's friends here that he will
urge upon the provisional government
to form a new constitution which v. II
contemplate American supremacy in
Hawaii through some other medium
than annexation. Minister Tlltirston
is sanguine that congress will enact
legislation favorable to a republican
form of government.
A Gift From Mrs. Oould.
SKDALIA, Mo., Dec. 0. ?When Mrs.
George Gould, wife of the rruiti-mil
lionairc, visited Sedalia t few weeks
ago in company with her husband, her
attention was attracted to Henry
Krunede, an armless and one-legged
ex-watchman, who was passing through
ihe railway yards by the side of Mr.
Gould's private car. called him
and gave him a purse of money, prom?
ising to sen.! him a box of clothing for
himself and family. '{ he box has just
arrived and was ' ?? ?'. substantial
winter garment* ?? t ? '? r *::e lc fata
iry.
Swedish KnilgranU Will Nut SufTwr.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec 8.?The interior
department has been advised that the
Swedish government has issued au or?
der to Scandinavian steamship com?
panies that If an}- Swede-, arc refused
entrance into the United States Ihe
steamship companies shall refund the
passage money, pay the return journey
of tho emigrant to the mother country,
and provide him with food and care for
hi* etTecta.
A Bishop's Consecration Oppossd.
Spring fiki.d, 111., Dec. 9 ?The stand?
ing committee of the diocese of Spring?
field Kpispocal church has refused ita
consent to the consecration of Key. A.
C A. Hall, bishop-elect of the dioceoe
of Vermont.